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What to Bring to a Giỗ and How to Invite Guests ProperlyHanoi Character in Daily Life: Forms of Address, Inviting, Hosting Guests, and Where Newcomers Often Mistake It for ColdnessDream interpretation in Vietnamese folklore: from traditional beliefs to a scientific perspectiveWhat Is Tam Long and the Sequence a Feng Shui Master Uses to Trace a Dragon Vein: From Thai To Son and Thieu To Son, Through the Narrowing Points to Long Nhap ThuTố HữuTô Hoài
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Hanoi Family Traditions: Death Anniversaries, Weddings and Funerals, and the Unspoken Rules the Whole Clan Follows
Hanoi death anniversaries, weddings and funerals run on unspoken rules of hierarchy, invitations and conduct, rooted in the elegant Trang An character.
Hanoi Character in Daily Life: Forms of Address, Inviting, Hosting Guests, and Where Newcomers Often Mistake It for Coldness
Hanoi character in daily life shows in forms of address, inviting, hosting guests, and a reserve newcomers often misread as coldness.
Choosing a First-Foot Visitor by Age Compatibility: Folk Practice, Common Taboos, and the Limits of That Approach
Choosing a first-foot visitor by age compatibility: folk criteria, offerings, step-by-step practice, common taboos, and the limits to keep in mind.
Housewarming Ritual (Nhập Trạch) for a New Home: Offerings and Step-by-Step Procedure
A guide to the Vietnamese housewarming ritual (nhập trạch): the offerings and each step in order, from the auspicious date to moving in.
Unique Wedding Customs of the Red Dao People (Ta Phin, Sa Pa)
Red Dao weddings in Ta Phin, Sa Pa, have the bride walk to the groom's house alone, with days of rituals and a horn and drum team.
What to Bring to a Giỗ and How to Invite Guests Properly
What to bring to a giỗ and how to invite guests: gifts for the altar, who is invited, and how customs differ between families and regions of Vietnam.
How to Read Auspicious Hours (Gio Hoang Dao) in a Day
A guide to the 12 two-hour blocks of a traditional Vietnamese day, how the 6 auspicious and 6 inauspicious hours are determined, and notes on timing.
Dream interpretation in Vietnamese folklore: from traditional beliefs to a scientific perspective
Dream interpretation in Vietnamese folklore, from spiritual omens to how modern science explains dreams and the subconscious.
Death Anniversary Rituals in Vietnamese Culture: Meaning and How to Organize Properly
Death anniversary rituals in Vietnamese culture remember ancestors and bring families together. Organization should suit each family, staying simple and warm.
Tet Doi: The Festival of Inviting the Rice Goddesses Back to the Village of the Muong People in Phu Tho
Tet Doi is a festival of the Muong people in Thu Cuc commune, Phu Tho, to invite the 'rice maidens' back to the village.
What must be prepared for a yearly giỗ thường (cát kỵ) offering tray to make the rites complete?
Giỗ thường (cát kỵ) yearly rites need no full feast like giỗ đầu or giỗ hết. Core offerings: hương đèn, trầu cau, rượu trà, a bowl of upside-down rice.
Goddess Thien Y A Na and Po Nagar Tower: The Cham-Viet Faith Interweaving in Nha Trang
Explore the journey from the Cham goddess Po Inư Nagar to Thien Y A Na in Vietnamese belief, through the lens of the Po Nagar Tower festival in Nha Trang.
What Is Tam Long and the Sequence a Feng Shui Master Uses to Trace a Dragon Vein: From Thai To Son and Thieu To Son, Through the Narrowing Points to Long Nhap Thu
Tam 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.
Traditional Ancestral Worship Trays by Region
Vietnamese ancestral worship trays reflect regional character: the North favors formality, the Central region is lavish, and the South is simple yet refined.
Hùng Kings' Commemoration Day: Vietnam's National Ancestral Festival
Hùng Kings' Commemoration Day falls on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month at Đền Hùng temple in Phú Thọ province, honoring the legendary Hùng Kings.
What dishes are on a Southern Vietnamese death anniversary offering tray, and how is a Nam Bo gio ceremony held?
What goes on a southern Vietnamese giỗ tray and how a Mekong Delta death anniversary is held: the dishes, the two days, and the portions guests take home.
Reading a Tarot spread after a breakup without self-punishment: how to frame questions, how to read reversals, and why not to redraw a third time
A practical guide to reading Tarot after a breakup: how to frame questions, handle reversed cards, cap your redraws, and avoid deepening your own pain.
Vegetarian death anniversary offering tray: when should you hold a vegetarian giỗ and what dishes go on it?
A vegetarian giỗ uses plant dishes like gỏi cuốn, canh kiểm, bánh bèo and lẩu nấm, fitting when the deceased ate chay or the family follows Buddhism.
What to Do After a Breakup: Five Stages of Grief, What to Do in the First Week, and How to Close a Relationship
A guide to breakup grief: the emotional stages, what to do in the first week, handling keepsakes, and when to see a therapist.
What Is Nhật Nguyệt: Sino-Vietnamese Meaning, Sun and Moon Symbolism in East Asian Culture, and Different Usages
Nhật Nguyệt is the Sino-Vietnamese pair for sun and moon, symbolizing yin and yang, time, and the cosmos in East Asian culture.
How to Read Two Major Stars Sharing a Palace in Tu Vi, and Why Are There Exactly 24 Combinations?
Why 14 major stars form only 24 same-palace combinations, the six groups led by Tu Vi and Phu Tuong Sat Tham Pha, and how to read each pair correctly.
Văn khấn ngày giỗ: structure of the prayer text and how to address ancestors by rank
The giỗ prayer text: its structure, how to address each generation of ancestors, and the tiên thường and chính kỵ versions, with sources.
How to Teach Yourself Tarot Reading: A Beginner's Guide
A step-by-step guide to teaching yourself Tarot from scratch: choosing a deck, learning the 78 cards, simple spreads, and building intuition as a beginner.
What to Prepare for a Death Anniversary Ceremony? Offerings, Offering Tray, Prayer Text, and the Order of the Day
What does a giỗ require? Offerings, the offering tray, the prayer text and the order of the day, drawn from Vietnamese historical sources.
Earth and Water Element Compatibility in Astrology: A Union of Stability and Emotion
Explore the compatibility of Earth and Water elements in astrology: strengths, challenges, and how these two energies balance and sustain.
New Rice Festival (Khu Su Cha): The Ha Nhi People's Thanksgiving to Ancestors
Khu Su Cha, the Ha Nhi New Rice Festival in Muong Nhe, Dien Bien, thanks ancestors with floating cakes, pig liver divination and glutinous rice pounding.
Le Loi - Le Thai To: The Lam Son Uprising and Lam Kinh Festival
Le Loi led the Lam Son uprising from 1418 to 1427, expelling the Ming and founding the Later Le dynasty, honoured still at the Lam Kinh Festival.
Reading a Career on a Tử Vi Chart: Which Palaces, Which Star Sets, and Where to Stop?
A career reading on a Tử Vi chart centres on the Mệnh, Tài Bạch and Quan Lộc triangle, the Phu Thê palace opposite, plus Thiên Di and Phúc Đức.
Earth-Earth Element Compatibility in Astrology: A Solid Foundation or Stagnation?
Earth sign couples like Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn build on stability and shared goals, but risk stagnation and stubbornness.
Borrowing an Age to Build a House: the Custom, and Where It Must Stop
What age-borrowing means before building a house in Vietnam, how the stand-in is chosen, the five customary steps, and why the symbolic sale is ritual only.
Why young people turn to Tarot after a relationship crisis: what they are really looking for is an answer or a place to put their questions
After a relationship crisis, young people often turn to Tarot not just for a prediction, but for a safe place to ask questions and name what they feel.
Folk taboos when opening a business: What you need to know
Vietnamese folk taboos for opening a business include choosing auspicious dates, avoiding the ghost month and holding opening rituals.
How to Perform the Groundbreaking Ceremony for Building a House Properly
A guide to the Vietnamese groundbreaking ceremony: choosing an auspicious date, preparing offerings, and the ritual steps.
Life Path Number 9: Compassion, Idealism, and a Calling to Serve
Discover the meaning of Life Path Number 9: a compassionate, idealistic personality, ideal careers, and how Number 9s find emotional balance in love.
How to recognize a pseudoscientific advertisement: the criteria of philosophy of science, applied to 'energy', 'vibration', 'quantum'
No single test identifies pseudoscience. Philosophy of science uses a cluster of criteria, applied here to 'energy', 'vibration' and 'quantum'.
Mo Muong in Funerals: The Mo Verses That Guide the Muong People Back to Their Ancestors
Mo Muong funeral verses guide the soul back to the ancestors in Muong Troi, with the Mo master as a bridge and ethical values for descendants.
What is Giờ hoàng đạo?
Giờ hoàng đạo are six two-hour slots a day, based on the twelve Earthly Branches and seen in folk practice as favorable for starting important work.
Water - Water Element Compatibility in Astrology: Emotional Resonance or a Deep Vortex?
Two Water signs, Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces, share rare emotional understanding but risk dependency and avoidance of reality without clear communication.
Prolonged Sadness: Folk Belief Blames Bad Luck, but Feeling Down for More Than Two Weeks Is a Sign to See a Doctor, and How to Recognize It Yourself
Sadness lasting over two weeks with loss of interest, insomnia, and fatigue is a sign to seek medical help. Learn to tell everyday sadness from depression.
How to perform a proper opening ceremony offering for shops and companies
A step-by-step guide to shop and company opening ceremony offerings, from preparing the tray to the ritual sequence, with safety notes.
Life Path Number 11: The Master Intuitive and a Calling to Inspire
Discover Life Path Number 11, a master number in numerology: powerful intuition, an inspiring presence, ideal careers, and the challenges to overcome.
Tố Hữu
A representative poet of Vietnamese revolutionary poetry, author of the poetry collections Từ ấy, Việt Bắc, Gió lộng, Ra trận, Máu và hoa
Tô Hoài
Author of Dế Mèn phiêu lưu ký, writer, journalist with a career spanning more than 60 years
Lý Thái Tổ
Founding king of the Lý dynasty, the person who decided to move the capital from Hoa Lư to Thăng Long in 1010
