Knowledge › Vietnam › Regional customs Though united as one Kinh ethnic culture, ancestor-worship, wedding, and Tết customs differ substantially across North, Central, and South Vietnam.
Updated 27 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Kinh (Viet) are 86.83% of Vietnam's population and speak Vietnamese of the Việt Mường group. Their villages and ancestor worship are covered here.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Lự people speak a Tày-Thái language and live mainly in Lai Châu, with worship customs and festivals tied to their own calendar.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief The Thái of Vietnam's Northwest follow animist beliefs with guardian spirits and hold the Xên Bản Xên Mường rites and Hạn Khuống festival.
Updated 10 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Khơ Mú speak a Mon-Khmer language and live in Yên Bái, Sơn La, Lai Châu, Thanh Hóa and Nghệ An, worshipping five spirits.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Bru - Vân Kiều people number 94,598 and live along the Trường Sơn range in Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, and Thừa Thiên Huế.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Dictionary › I Ching & Five Elements The I Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical and divination system built on 64 hexagrams formed from the eight trigrams, or Bagua.
Updated 11 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Kinh Dịch hội is an umbrella term for the independent groups, clubs, classes and online communities that study the Kinh Dịch together in Vietnam.
Updated 3 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Hám Long Kinh and Nghi Long Kinh, traditionally attributed to Dương Quân Tùng: how they read dragon veins, the nine stars, and true versus branch dragons.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Hội Lim is the largest Quan Ho festival in the Kinh Bắc region, held on the 13th day of the first lunar month at Lim Hill, Tiên Du, Bắc Ninh.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Lê Lợi led the Lam Sơn uprising from 1418 to 1427, expelling the Ming and founding the Later Le dynasty, honoured still at the Lam Kinh Festival.
Updated 24 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Kinh Trập, the third of the 24 solar terms at solar longitude 345 degrees, usually begins March 5 or 6. Origin of the name and start times for 2025 to 2030.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Kình Dương, one of the Six Killing Stars in Tử Vi Đẩu Số, is a Fire element star of impulsiveness and danger that also brings willpower.
Updated 25 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk traditional practices Can Kinh Dịch, Tarot, or Tử Vi truly find you a partner? This analysis weighs their origins, reading methods, and experimental evidence so you can decide.
Updated 7 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư opens with the Hồng Bàng era: Kinh Dương Vương, named Lộc Tục, and the realm of Xích Quỷ. The Hán text set beside later histories.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Lồng Tồng of the Tày, highland first-furrow festivals, and the Kinh tịch điền rite compared: who organizes each and how the core rite differs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities Comparing Lunar New Year of the Kinh, Chôl Chnăm Thmay of the Khmer, and ethnic groups with their own calendars: timing, offerings, rituals, and names.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching A Kinh Dịch hexagram stacks several layers of text: name, hexagram text, six line texts, then the Thoán, Great Image, Small Image, and Văn Ngôn.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Tam Thức covers Thái Ất, Lục Nhâm and Kỳ Môn. This piece traces how it reached Vietnam and asks what is history and what is legend around Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching What is the I Ching? Trace its origins in yin and yang lines and the philosophy of Yin-Yang and the Eight Trigrams, from the two symbols to the 64 hexagrams.
Updated 21 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Heavenly Stem Ren in the I Ching is Yang Water, tied to great rivers and the Kan hexagram. Its depth and wisdom shape how it is read.
Updated 26 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 28 Da Quo in the I Ching: its structure, meaning, and guidance for handling extraordinary pressure when a heavy burden overwhelms a weak foundation.
Updated 21 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Explore the Pure Yang Hexagram (Qian), the first hexagram in the I Ching: a symbol of heaven, creativity, and infinite potential.
Updated 14 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 23 (Bo / Splitting Apart) in the I Ching: the mountain over the earth, stripping and decline, and lessons on yielding and waiting for recovery.
Updated 26 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 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 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 19 (Lin) in the I Ching: its lines, the Earth and Lake trigrams, and lessons on leadership, nurturing, and sustainable growth.
Updated 1 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of science Fu Xi, King Wen, the Duke of Zhou and Confucius are all credited with the I Ching, but excavated manuscripts point to a late Western Zhou compilation.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The I Ching sees love through yin-yang and the 64 hexagrams, describing situations rather than predicting destiny, to help you adjust for harmony.
Updated 25 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Qian hexagram in the I Ching has Earth below and Mountain above, and all six lines are auspicious. Its structure teaches humility.
Updated 8 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Han Yijing studies by Meng Xi, Jiao Yanshou and Jing Fang used image-number; how does this differ from Wang Bi's meaning-principle reading.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Sixteen 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 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The six I Ching line positions carry labels such as de wei, de zhong, ying, bi, cheng and qi, shown in a position table.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Earth-Water Hexagram (Shi) in the I Ching symbolizes the commander, discipline and unity, plus its uses in management and leadership.
Updated 29 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 4 of the I Ching, Mountain over Water, comes from Kan and Gen and speaks of innocence, enlightenment, and acting amid immaturity.
Updated 19 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Water Thunder Hexagram Zhun is the 3rd hexagram of the I Ching, marking a hard and turbulent beginning, with its origins and meaning.
Updated 11 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 47 Trạch Thủy Khốn in the I Ching describes depleted resources and words that go unheeded, with the Judgment, Image, and six line texts.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Thăng Long Tứ Tran is four temples guarding the old capital: Bạch Mã in the east, Voi Phục in the west, Kim Liên in the south, Quán Thánh in the north.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Ba Na live in Gia Lai, Kon Tum and western Bình Định, Phú Yên and Khánh Hoà, speak a Mon-Khmer language and keep many community festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Rơ Măm people belong to the Mon-Khmer language group and live mainly in Kon Tum. Learn about their language, worship customs and main festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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Open data 155 types of Vietnamese offering rites in 15 groups, from ancestor and death-anniversary rites, Tết and the festivals of the year to funerals, communal houses and temples, and the rites of ethnic communities; each with alternative names, timing, recipients, a short description, classification axes (cycle, social setting, beings worshipped, tradition, ethnic group, cultural region), a structured date and sourced passages on its customs. It is the key table for Nhật Nguyệt's datasets on offering prayers and rite customs.
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