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 › The twelve zodiac animalsThe Dragon (Thìn) is the only mythical sign in the Vietnamese zodiac, tied to the Earth element. It covers personality, birth years, and pairing groups.
Updated 26 Jul 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 › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Phu Day Festival in Nam Dinh, held in the third lunar month, honors Saint Mother Lieu Hanh with Chau Van singing and Hau Dong mediumship.
Updated 20 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animalsThe Dragon-Rooster Six Harmony pairs authority with wisdom and refinement in Eastern belief, and its role in astrology, marriage and feng shui.
Updated 25 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsHow lân dance at Tet differs from a grand opening: timing, the hanging prize and formation-breaking, plus Ông Địa and the old troupes of Chợ Lớn.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsHow children celebrate Mid-Autumn in northern, central and southern Vietnam: lantern parades, lion dances and the moon-viewing feast.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › PsychologyEconomists use Dragon year birth timing to measure how a first child affects mothers' employment, and what that timing reveals about ethnic identity.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animalsCat and Dragon form a Six Harms pair in the Chinese zodiac, causing hidden losses. See the origin, effects on relationships, and ways to resolve it.
Updated 5 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › PsychologyZodiac beliefs may shape birth numbers in Vietnam and East Asia, with larger cohorts in good years and Dragon and Tiger year shifts.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiHám 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 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe story of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ, the sack of one hundred eggs, as recorded in Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư and Đại Nam quốc sử diễn ca, and what is myth.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsHow Lunar New Year among the Hoa of Chợ Lớn differs from Vietnamese Tết: Kitchen God send-off, offerings, bánh tổ, assembly halls, visiting order.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsTac Xinh is the San Chay (Cao Lan) people's dance for the Harvest Prayer Festival, mimicking the whole swidden farming cycle from clearing fields to harvest.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe Lo Lo people in Ha Giang hold an ancestor worship ceremony, a national intangible heritage, with the Ma Co dance in grass costumes as its highlight.
Updated 4 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe 1010 Edict on the Relocation of the Capital describes Dai La as the center of heaven and earth, with the posture of a coiling dragon and crouching tiger.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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 › Folk beliefAfter UNESCO recognition in 2016, medium masters and ban hoi still teach and uphold hau dong norms while adjusting practice to heritage conservation demands.
Updated 28 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing artsXoe Thai is the signature folk dance of the Thai people in Vietnam's Northwest, built on six ancient Xoe dances and inscribed by UNESCO in 2021.
Updated 23 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsVietnam's Mid-Autumn Festival, the 8th lunar month full moon, is Children's Festival with ancestor offerings, moon-viewing trays and paper toys.
Updated 3 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Autumn Keo Pagoda Festival in Hung Yen honors Zen Master Duong Khong Lo with palanquin processions, the frog dance and boat racing.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsCo Le Pagoda Festival (Ong Festival) in Ninh Binh runs from the 13th to the 16th of the ninth lunar month, with processions and a boat race by five clans.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › PsychologyStudies in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Asian-American communities find Dragon-year children score slightly higher.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsRằm Tháng Giêng, the lunar year's first full moon, brings temple visits and star-releasing rites, with the saying "a year of offerings cannot match this one.
Updated 20 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesExplore the Cap Sac ceremony of the San Diu people: its origins, significance, steps, and the role of the 'Hành Quang Dance' in this sacred rite of passage.
Updated 30 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesTet Nhay (Put Tong) is the key Ban Vuong worship ritual of the Red Dao in Lao Cai, tied to migration legends and performed in 11 steps with dances and music.
Updated 26 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiExplore the concept of Long and Long Mach in Loan Dau Feng Shui and Ngũ Quyết: origins, classifications, identification, and practical applications.
Updated 30 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsTết Nhảy of the Dao: the Pút tồng rite of the Red Dao in Lào Cai and the dance rite of the Dao Quần Chẹt, with their timing, dances and meaning.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiHouse direction in Ngũ Quyết Loan Đầu Feng Shui blends dragon vein, sand, water and direction. See the principles, classification and practical applications.
Updated 19 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresNgo Quyen, the 938 Battle of Bach Dang, and the journey from Tu Luong Xam to the new temple in Co Loa, showing the gratitude of later generations.
Updated 12 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiWater and Water Methods in the Five Essentials of Landform Feng Shui: what water means and how practitioners read forms with the dragon vein.
Updated 24 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › The twelve zodiac animalsMonkey (Thân) in the Vietnamese zodiac: personality, Metal element, harmony with Rat and Dragon, clash with Tiger, Snake and Pig, and notable birth years.
Updated 26 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyLong Tri and Phuong Cac stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu: their origins, meanings, palace placement, and how they combine with other stars.
Updated 1 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Dictionary › Stems, branches & zodiac animalsFour conflicting zodiac signs are four Earthly Branches in two opposing pairs: Rat-Horse-Cat-Rooster, Tiger-Monkey-Snake-Pig, and Dragon-Dog-Ox-Goat.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsLồng 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 2026Culture and belief
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