Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsNorthern Vietnamese Tet worship runs from seeing off the Kitchen Gods on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month to welcoming ancestors and the vang ma burning rite.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThe 10th day of the first lunar month is when many Vietnamese, especially in the South, worship the God of Wealth to pray for a good year.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsThe post-Tet ancestor farewell rite varies by region: hóa vàng in the North, tiễn ông bà in the Center, cúng tất in the South.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customsMany families burn a little votive paper after the year-end offering; the hóa vàng send-off comes on Tet days 3 to 7. The tray can go indoors or outdoors.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsBurning votive paper to see off ancestors after Tet usually falls between the 3rd and 10th of the first lunar month, most often the 3rd. What to prepare.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customsVietnamese Tet customs from day 1 to 7: first-footing, New Year greetings, votive paper burning and khai hạ, with their meanings and regional differences.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyHoa Ky in the Four Transformations of Zi Wei Dou Shu: its meaning, position, and how it reads with auspicious or inauspicious stars in the chart.
Updated 28 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional foodCom Lang Vong is a Hanoi autumn specialty made from young sticky rice, tied to the traditional craft of Vong village in Cau Giay district.
Updated 28 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional foodBanh Chung and Banh Tet trace back to the Lang Lieu legend of the Hung King era, symbolizing heaven, earth and prosperity.
Updated 25 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsWild sunflowers bloom on Chu Dang Ya volcano in Gia Lai from mid-October to November, tied to a festival week and the culture of the local Jrai people.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiEarth element people favor yellow and brown and value stability. Fire generates Earth and Earth generates Metal, so limit Wood and Water at home.
Updated 1 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboosFolk taboos for offerings on the Full Moon and the first day of the lunar month, from choosing fruit and flowers to the incense burner and a reverent mindset.
Updated 30 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe 12th Tam Giac Mach Flower Festival opens on 6 November 2026 in Dong Van, Tuyen Quang, with blooms from October to December.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsNorthwest Vietnam culture covers ethnic communities, harvest rituals, seasonal festivals and crafts like weaving, embroidery, forging and silver carving.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesExplore the deep cultural significance of traditional Vietnamese funerals, common burial forms, and trends of change in modern society.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsSouthern Vietnamese culture blends village communal houses, worship of the Lady goddesses and a vivid dialect shaped by frontier settlement.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk traditional practicesDreaming of gold, silver or money in Chu Công giải mộng: the original lines of its gold and silver section, picking up money, sharing wealth, seasons.
Updated 16 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe First White Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars governs wealth, fame and intelligence in good positions, but disputes and illness in bad ones.
Updated 5 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customsWhat the Tet flower villages of Sa Đéc, Cái Mơn, Mỹ Tho and An Nhơn grow, when apricot leaves are stripped, and why Sa Đéc grows on racks.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyHeavenly Fire (Thien Thuong Hoa) is the nay am for Mau Ngo and Ky Mui years, tied to the Fire element and linked with Wood and Earth in Five Elements.
Updated 17 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologySơn Hạ Hỏa in the Sexagenary Cycle covers Bính Thân and Đinh Dậu, its Fire element traits, and the colors that support balance.
Updated 22 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyExplore the Lu Trung Hoa (Fire in the Furnace) na am for Binh Dan and Dinh Mao years: Five Elements characteristics, feng shui meanings, colors, and guidance.
Updated 2 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingMai Hoa Dịch Số builds I Ching hexagrams from numbers, sounds and moments instead of coins. Tradition assigns it to Thiệu Ung, without proof.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyĐại Khê Thủy is the nạp âm for Giáp Dần and Ất Mão in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp. It covers its five elements nature and meaning in Tử vi and phong thủy.
Updated 9 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Hoa (Han) are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups: where they live, their language, ancestor worship customs, and festivals like Tet Nguyen tieu.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyĐại Lâm Mộc is the nạp âm for Mậu Thìn and Kỷ Tỵ years, tied to the Wood element. See its traits and Five Elements meaning in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp.
Updated 22 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram Hoa Phong Dinh, No. 50 in the I Ching, is the three-legged ritual cauldron that cooks the new after the old is discarded.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 56 Hỏa Sơn Lữ concerns the way of the wanderer in a strange land: small success, staying upright, humility brings peace, arrogance invites disaster.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customsTết in Sài Gòn: the Nguyễn Huệ flower market from 1960 and flower street from 2004, the flower boats of Bình Đông wharf, and how families keep Tết.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHồi đầu sinh, hồi đầu khắc, hóa không, hóa mộ, hóa tuyệt are the ways a moving line transforms in Lục Hào, explained via Tăng San Bốc Dịch.
Updated 14 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Khai Ha festival is the largest folk festival of the Muong people in Hoa Binh, held in the first lunar month to pray for good harvests.
Updated 19 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 38 Hoa Trach Khue in the I Ching concerns separation and difference. It explains the Judgment, the Image, and the six line texts.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyPhu Dang Hoa is the Na Yin for Giap Thin and At Ty years, a lamp flame in the dark night. Its five elements meaning shapes a quiet, resilient inner spirit.
Updated 2 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyTich Lich Hoa, the Na Am of Mau Ty and Ky Suu, is thunderclap fire in the five elements: its meaning, feng shui colors and supportive items.
Updated 3 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyHoa Loc in the Four Transformations of Zi Wei Dou Shu: its meaning, how placement shapes its influence, and why it is not always favorable.
Updated 16 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyExplore Giản Hạ Thủy, water under the ravine, one of 30 nạp âm of Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, its Five Elements meaning and applications.
Updated 8 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyTruong Luu Thuy is the Na Am of Nham Thin and Quy Ty years, a Water element like a long flowing river, shaping flexible and profound traits.
Updated 29 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyMars (Hỏa Tinh) is one of the Six Malefic Stars in Tử Vi Đẩu Số. See its origin, nature, meaning in each house, and how it combines with other stars.
Updated 8 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresLady Trieu, born Trieu Thi Trinh in 226, led the 248 uprising against Wu rule. Her temple on Gai Mountain, Thanh Hoa, keeps national heritage festivals.
Updated 8 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHỏa Thủy Vị Tế is hexagram 64, the last of the I Ching, its six lines out of position yet paired. Its texts show why it ends on 'not yet complete'.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 21, Fire and Thunder, Biting Through: its image and meaning on law and overcoming obstacles, plus how to apply its advice to work.
Updated 21 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 55, Lei Huo Feng (豐), speaks of great prosperity and success, like the sun at noon, with a warning that once the sun peaks it will decline.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 35 Fire Over Earth (Jin) in the I Ching: the sun rising above the earth, a sign of advancing and being recognized.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingIn Liu Yao, a moving line and the changed line it turns into are read as a pair, producing hoi dau sinh, hoi dau khac, hoa tien than, hoa thoai than and more.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems