Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Tiên Công Festival on Hà Nam Island, Quảng Ninh runs to the 7th day of the first lunar month, with rites of carrying the elderly.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The longevity celebration honours grandparents and parents at ages 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100, showing filial piety and respect for old age in Vietnamese culture.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Kate Festival is the Cham Brahmin New Year in Ninh Thuận, held in the 7th Cham month to honor deities, kings and ancestors.
Updated 17 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Explore the Illness Star in the Longevity Cycle of Zi Wei Dou Shu: its position, characteristics, meaning at each stage, and how to interpret it on the chart.
Updated 4 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology The Suy star in the Longevity Cycle of Zi Wei Dou Shu marks the decline after a peak, yet it also points to rest, reflection and preparation for a new cycle.
Updated 7 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology The Duong star in the Longevity Cycle marks embryonic formation and nurturing, showing how hidden beginnings shape each life stage on the Tử Vi chart.
Updated 28 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Explore the in-depth meaning of the Đế Vượng star in the Longevity Cycle, its favorable positions, and its influence on each life stage in the Zi Wei chart.
Updated 6 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs The grain bin binding ritual of the Nung people in Bắc Kạn is a longevity celebration within the Ky Yen ceremony, wishing elders long life.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Vietnamese life-cycle rituals mark birth, coming of age, marriage, death and remembrance, with ceremonies shared by many ethnic groups.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy Explore the origins of Eastern physiognomy, its facial and palm feature systems, and the place of face reading in Vietnamese culture through The Tale of Kieu.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Folk traditional practices Palm reading is a folk divination practice that reads palm lines to infer personality and destiny, yet it has no scientific basis.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Southern Khmer weddings feature the betel palm flower cutting ceremony that formalizes the union and the hand-tying ritual, a sacred moment binding two souls.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Vạn Phúc silk weaving village in Hà Đông, Hanoi, holds over 1,000 years of history and National Intangible Cultural Heritage status.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Chôl Chnăm Thmây is the Khmer New Year, held in mid-April over three days with rituals like the Maha Sangkran procession and bathing the Buddha.
Updated 5 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Tarot Explore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of The Empress Tarot card: from Rider-Waite imagery to layers of meaning in love, career, and spirituality.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Thiên Quan and Thiên Phúc are Earth auxiliary stars placed by the birth year's heavenly stem, not the branch or hour, with tables and points of disagreement.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Đông Hồ folk painting, a 500-year craft in Bắc Ninh, uses woodblock printing and natural colors. UNESCO listed it as heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief H'Mông (Mông) animist beliefs in highland Vietnam, where khèn masters guide souls in funeral rites and the Gầu Tào festival honours children.
Updated 3 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk traditional practices Dreaming of the dead, of deceased relatives: which lines Chu Công giải mộng records, which are good omens, which are bad, read from the original book.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Vietnam's ethnic minorities have their own marriage rites, house-building practices and worship, shaped by environment and indigenous beliefs.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy Explore the meanings of major palm lines such as life, head, heart, and fate lines in Eastern tradition along with a scientific perspective.
Updated 20 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Sha are the land forms and hills that surround an acupuncture point and shield its qi. This analysis covers their definition and classification.
Updated 29 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vietnamese cultural history appears through village spirit worship, Thành hoàng veneration, the Mother Goddess religion and the Hán Nôm archive.
Updated 3 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vietnamese people rarely follow one religion; they layer ancestor worship, Thành hoàng, Mother Goddess, Hùng Vương and farming rites in daily life.
Updated 3 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Folk traditional practices Seven common palm-reading misconceptions, where Eastern and Western folk books contradict each other, and why science calls palm lines just skin folds.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship Northern and Southern Vietnamese family altars differ in structure, arrangement, generations honored and five-fruit tray choices.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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