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Life-cycle rites

Traditional Vietnamese Wedding Rites: Dạm Ngõ, Ăn Hỏi, and Rước Dâu

An overview of the three core steps of a traditional Vietnamese wedding, dạm ngõ, ăn hỏi, and rước dâu, and the cultural meaning behind each ritual.

Traditional festivals

Gau Tao Festival: Spring Festival of Praying for Children and Blessings of the Hmong People

Gau Tao, the Hmong spring festival of praying for children and good weather, features the Neu tree ritual and folk games.

Traditional festivals

Roóng Poọc Festival: The Spring Plowing Ritual of the Giáy People in Sa Pa

The Roóng Poọc Festival of the Giáy people in Sa Pa is a spring plowing ritual with the Neu tree, nem con, tug of war and plowing contests.

Traditional festivals

Huong Pagoda Festival: Vietnam's Longest Spring Pilgrimage

The Huong Pagoda Festival runs from the sixth day of the first lunar month to the third month's end, drawing pilgrims by boat to Huong Tich Cave.

Traditional festivals

Tran Temple Seal Opening Ceremony - a spring ritual praying for peace

Discover the meaning, rituals, and sacred moments of the Seal Opening Ceremony at Tran Temple in Nam Dinh, a beautiful cultural tradition of early spring.

Folk belief

Rain-Praying Festival at the Beginning of the Year of the Cham People in Binh Thuan

The rain-praying festival of the Cham people in Binh Thuan is an ancient agricultural ritual held after Cham New Year, seeking blessings for good weather.

Festival customs

Chùa Hương Festival: One of Vietnam's Largest Spring Pilgrimages

The Chùa Hương Festival in Mỹ Đức, Hà Nội opens on the 6th day of the 1st lunar month and centers on Hương Tích Cave and the Yến Stream pilgrimage.

Historical figures

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.

Traditional festivals

Long Tong Festival of the Tay People: The First Plowing Ceremony and Cultural Values

Long Tong, the Tay people's first plowing festival of spring, features rites to the Agriculture God and folk games wishing for a good year.

Traditional festivals

Hoi Lim: The Largest Quan Ho Festival in the Kinh Bac Region

Hoi Lim is the largest Quan Ho festival in the Kinh Bac region, held on the 13th day of the first lunar month at Lim Hill, Tien Du, Bac Ninh.

Regions

First-Furrow Festivals of the New Year: Lồng Tồng of the Tày, Highland First-Furrow Festivals, and the Kinh Royal Ploughing Ceremony

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.

Traditional festivals

Huong Pagoda Festival (Hanoi) , distinctive features and how to attend

Discover the distinctive features of Huong Pagoda Festival: the pilgrimage journey through Yen Stream, the cave pagoda complex and offering rituals.

Historical figures

Le Chan Female General Traditional Festival in Hai Phong: From An Bien Village to the Guardian Deity of the Port City

The Le Chan Female General Festival in Hai Phong honors the founder of An Bien village with rituals each second lunar month.

Folk belief

The Four Dharma Deities (Cloud, Rain, Thunder, Lightning) Worship at Dau Pagoda: Origins and Identity

The Four Dharma Deities at Dau Pagoda in Bac Ninh blend Indian Buddhism with ancient Vietnamese nature worship of Cloud, Rain, Thunder and Lightning.

Traditional festivals

Khai Ha Festival - The Largest Folk Festival of the Muong People in Hoa Binh

The 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.

Folk belief

Quan The Am Festival at Ngu Hanh Son - Da Nang's largest Buddhist festival

Da Nang's largest Buddhist festival, Quan The Am at Ngu Hanh Son runs each second lunar month and is national intangible cultural heritage.

Ethnic minority belief

H'Mông Beliefs and Festivals: Animism, Khèn Masters, and the Gầu Tào Festival

H'Mông (Mông) animist beliefs in highland Vietnam, where khèn masters guide souls in funeral rites and the Gầu Tào festival honours children.

Traditional festivals

Nghinh Ong Song Doc Festival - The Largest Sea Festival in Ca Mau

Nghinh Ong Song Doc Festival is the largest sea festival in Ca Mau, held each second lunar month with a sacred whale procession and fishermen's whale worship.

Traditional festivals

What Types of Traditional Festivals Are There in Vietnam?

An overview of traditional Vietnamese festivals: agricultural, religious, commemorative, and ethnic festivals. Classification, meaning, and cultural value.

Ethnic minority customs

Tay Ethnic Wedding Customs: From Proposal Ceremony to Matrilocal Residence

Tay weddings move through proposal, engagement, Tet visit and the wedding, with the matrilocal custom of a bride staying with her mother until pregnancy.

Glossary

What is Tử Vi Đẩu Số?

Tử Vi Đẩu Số is a traditional Vietnamese-Chinese astrological system that casts a twelve-palace chart from birth date and time.

Traditional festivals

Gau Tao Festival: The Hmong's Thanksgiving Ritual for Blessings of Children

The Gau Tao Festival of the Hmong in Lao Cai gives thanks once prayers for children are fulfilled, with the Neu pole ritual and khen dancing.

Historical figures

Emperor Quang Trung - Nguyen Hue and the Victory of Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da

Emperor Quang Trung (Nguyen Hue) led the Tay Son movement and crushed 290,000 Qing troops at Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da in 1789.

Traditional festivals

Long Tong Festival: The Field-Going Festival for Bountiful Harvests of the Tay and Nung People

The Long Tong Festival of the Tay and Nung people prays for good weather and bountiful harvests, with a first-plough ritual, folk games and fertility beliefs.

Traditional festivals

Lung Tung Festival (Going to the Field) of the Thai People

Explore the Lung Tung Festival of the Thai people in the Northwest: origins, the Nang Han ritual, agricultural significance, and festive activities.

Traditional festivals

Long Tong Festival of the Tay People in Lao Cai Highlands

The Long Tong Festival of the Tay people in Lao Cai features processions, symbolic ploughing and seed sowing, folk games and community gathering.

Historical figures

The Legend of Linh Son Thanh Mau and the Ba Den Mountain Festival

The legend of Linh Son Thanh Mau centers on Ly Thi Thien Huong, canonized under the Nguyen dynasty, and the festivals at Ba Den Mountain.

The twelve zodiac animals

Year of the Pig (Hợi): Personality, Five Elements and Destiny

Pig (Hợi) in the Vietnamese zodiac: personality, Water element, harmony with Cat and Goat, clashes with Tiger, Monkey and Snake, plus notable birth years.

Historical figures

Huyen Tran Princess Temple Festival - The Pioneer of the Southern Expansion

Huyen Tran Princess Temple in Hue honors the Tran dynasty princess who expanded Vietnam's southern frontier. Its festival falls in the first lunar month.

Ethnic minority belief

Beliefs and Festivals of the Cham People

The Cham community follows three religious streams: Cham Bàlamôn, Cham Bàni and Cham Islam, each with its own festivals, from Katê to Ramưwan.

Ethnic minority belief

Tày Beliefs and Festivals: Then Singing, the Tính Lute, and the Lồng Tồng Festival

The Tày of Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn and Tuyên Quang keep Then singing, the tính lute, and the Lồng Tồng festival, a heritage UNESCO inscribed in 2019.

Traditional festivals

Doi Son Tich Dien Festival: Ha Nam's Thousand-Year-Old Plowing Ritual

Ha Nam's Doi Son Tich Dien Festival runs from the 5th to the 7th day of the first lunar month, reenacting King Le Dai Hanh's 987 plowing ritual.

Traditional food

Traditional Cuisine in the Cultural Festivals of the Cho Ro People

Cho Ro festivals use dishes like canh boi, com lam and five-color sticky rice as cultural symbols and a bridge for preserving identity.

Traditional festivals

Kate Festival: The Grandest Celebration of the Year for the Cham Brahmin People

The Kate Festival is the Cham Brahmin New Year in Ninh Thuan, held in the 7th Cham month to honor deities, kings and ancestors.

Folk belief

Huong Pagoda Festival and the Legend of Goddess of Mercy at Huong Pagoda

The Huong Pagoda Festival is Northern Vietnam's largest Buddhist festival, tied to the legend of Quan Am Thi Kinh at Huong Tich Cave.

Traditional festivals

Dien Bien Ban Flower Festival - A Cultural Symbol of the Northwest

Explore the Dien Bien Ban Flower Festival, a unique cultural event recreating traditional rituals of Northwest ethnic groups like Thai, Mong, Dao, and Ha Nhi.

Traditional festivals

New Rice Festival - The Biggest Annual Celebration of the Xo Dang People

The New Rice Festival is when the Xo Dang people of the Central Highlands thank the gods and spirits for a bountiful harvest.

Traditional festivals

Kate Festival of the Cham People (Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan)

The Kate Festival of the Cham in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan honors deities, ancestors and kings, and serves as a harvest prayer and family reunion.