Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipHoành phi is a horizontal plaque above the family altar, câu đối parallel sentences on side columns or walls, honoring ancestors and praising their merits.
Updated 20 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing artsChữ Nôm is the writing system Vietnamese people built from Chinese character material to record their own language, still seen on hoành phi and câu đối.
Updated 23 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipA detailed guide to arranging the family altar by feng shui and custom, covering placement, offerings, and steps for Tet and regular days.
Updated 23 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe 40 AD uprising of Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, its causes and significance, plus Hat Mon Temple in Hanoi, the sacred site tied to their final days.
Updated 9 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipNorthern and Southern Vietnamese family altars differ in structure, arrangement, generations honored and five-fruit tray choices.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresHeld each year at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, Ninh Binh, this festival honors King Dinh Bo Linh, founder of Dai Co Viet state.
Updated 8 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsRed River Delta culture centres on village life, communal houses, pagodas, village gates and worship. A close look at Duong Lam, Phu Luu and Phuc Xa.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Ky Yen festival at Thoai Ngoc Hau communal house in An Giang honors the Nguyen dynasty mandarin who dug the Vinh Te Canal.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › GlossaryNhật Nguyệt is the Sino-Vietnamese pair for sun and moon, symbolizing yin and yang, time, and the cosmos in East Asian culture.
Updated 16 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsDai Bai village in Bac Ninh is the cradle of bronze casting in Northern Vietnam, with about 1000 years of history and refined engraving art.
Updated 28 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresBa Chua Kho of the Ly Dynasty, her legends, the year-opening custom of borrowing luck and the rituals at her temple in Bac Ninh.
Updated 4 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsWhale worship and the Cau Ngu festival form the spiritual core of South Central Coast fishing villages, tied to the sea and fishermen's beliefs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Tep Temple festival for Trung Tuc Vuong Le Lai in Kien Tho commune, Thanh Hoa falls on the 21st of the 8th lunar month and the 8th of the 1st lunar month.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing artsHow Hàng Trống, Kim Hoàng, làng Sình and Đông Hồ Tet paintings differ in printing technique, paper, colours and subjects, and where each craft stands.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresOng Hoang Bay, a Le Dynasty general, is worshipped at Bao Ha Temple in Lao Cai, blending hero veneration with Mother Goddess beliefs.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipWhat replacing an incense bowl involves, when it should be renewed, who in the family may do it, and why the customs vary across regions and households.
Updated 21 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsFour traditional Vietnamese house types compared: the northern three-bay house, Hue rường house, Central Highlands rông house and Northwest stilt house.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiTam Long traces a dragon vein from its distant source peak through to tong son, thieu to son and phu mau son to where it settles.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe death anniversary of Le Thanh Hau Nguyen Huu Canh honors the pioneer of Southern Vietnam, a ritual named a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2025.
Updated 25 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Le Chan Female General Festival in Hai Phong honors the founder of An Bien village with rituals each second lunar month.
Updated 11 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThiên La and Địa Võng in Vietnamese Tử Vi: two fixed stars at the Thìn and Tuất palaces, why they are called La Võng, and Thiên Lương's Đà La condition.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animalsPeople born in the Year of the Horse are seen as free, enthusiastic and dynamic. This folk portrait covers their intelligence, generosity and impulsiveness.
Updated 13 Aug 2026Traditional systems
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 › 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 › Zodiac animalsExplore the personality of Dragon people through folk wisdom: strong, authoritative, ambitious, generous, yet also hot-tempered and arrogant.
Updated 15 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsDinh Thầy Thím Festival runs from the 14th to the 16th of the Ninth Lunar Month with spirit welcoming, cộ bánh offerings, Thỉnh sanh, and Tiền hiền rites.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou ShuLiêm Trinh is the 'prisoner star' with a dual nature - upright or extreme. Explore its meaning, dignity, and interpretation across key palaces in a chart.
Updated 3 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 › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologySixteen classic Tử Vi chart patterns shown through diagrams, including Tử Phủ đồng cung, Thất Sát triều đẩu and Cơ Nguyệt Đồng Lương, and how each forms.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyTả Phù and Hữu Bật in Tử Vi: placed by lunar birth month from Thìn and Tuất, sharing Mùi (month 4) or Sửu (month 10), as read in Vietnamese Tử Vi books.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Dictionary › Tử Vi (Zi Wei Dou Shu)Tứ Hóa are the four stars Hóa Lộc, Hóa Quyền, Hóa Khoa and Hóa Kỵ in Tử Vi astrology, standing for prosperity, power, reputation and adversity.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyApophenia explains why the brain sees faces in clouds, repeating numbers and patterns in random data, plus where the line to delusion lies.
Updated 13 Sept 2026
Dictionary › Feng shuiXuan Kong Flying Stars is a school of feng shui that uses the nine stars flying through time and directions to assess auspiciousness for dwellings and graves.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems