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Vietnamese taboo names of ancestors: why giỗ prayers whisper the dead's name, whether children could share a grandparent's name, and where the custom endures.
Folk belief holds that a funeral brings cold air affecting the living, so the sick stay away. Eastern medicine links this to yin-yang imbalance.
Duck, squid, banana, shrimp, snail and fertilized duck eggs are avoided at new year in Vietnamese folk belief, which links them to bad luck.
When to burn the mourning scarf in Vietnamese custom: the 49-day, 100-day and death anniversaries, plus the rites of removing mourning.
Vietnamese wedding taboos include age compatibility and the bride not looking back. Experts say happiness depends on mutual understanding.
Ghost Month in the 7th lunar month: its origins, common folk taboos, and the Buddhist view of Vu Lan as a season of gratitude and filial piety.
Wang Chong of the Eastern Han refuted day taboos, Tai Sui avoidance and fear of spirit harm in the Lunheng chapters Jiri, Biansui and Nansui, with quotes.
Among the Pu Peo, a father stays home until his newborn is named, three days for girls and five for boys, to guard against evil spirits.
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.
Cửu Độc: nine days of the fifth lunar month (5-7, 15-17, 25-27). What the Kinh Sở tuế thời ký says, what is avoided, and solar dates for 2026 to 2030.
The five-fruit tray for Tet carries wishes through bananas, pomelos, papayas and mangoes, with regional differences between North and South Vietnam.
The Cap Sac ceremony of the Dao Dau Bang people in Lai Chau marks a man's coming of age, with strict trials and the conferring of a secret am name.
A clan genealogy lists taboo and courtesy names, birth and death dates, burial sites and children; it was kept in an altar cabinet or box at the clan hall.
Tết in northern Vietnam: the feast tray, Nhật Tân peach blossom, the Hàng Lược flower market and three days of family reunion, with origins and meaning.
Hiệp Kỷ Biện Phương Thư records Nguyệt Kỵ and rejects Dương Công kỵ nhật. An analysis of the original Chinese text, separating old rules from folk beliefs.
Kim Lâu is a Vietnamese folk taboo checked before building a house or marrying, found by dividing lunar age by nine, with remainders of 1, 3, 6 or 8.
Xông đất, xông nhà and đạp đất are one new-year custom. Books on the North, Huế and the South differ on its name, lộc-picking and the vào khem wait.
In the Mekong Delta, bananas are avoided on Tet because 'chuoi' sounds like 'chui', or to plunge. The five-fruit tray instead follows 'Cau Vua Du Xai'.
Nhị thập bát tú trực nhật assigns 28 stars to rule days in a cycle, tied to diễn cầm and date selection. This article analyses its origins and calculation.
Hoang Ốc is a Vietnamese folk taboo checked before building a house, sorting lunar age into six positions, three of which are considered unfavourable.
The Lao in Vietnam call themselves Thay and Thay Duon, speak a Tay-Thai language, live in Dien Bien, Lai Chau and Son La, and keep ancestor altars.
First-day Tet travel for 2027: how to choose the hour and direction, prepare offerings, and follow the route, plus why sources disagree on the calculations.
Vietnam's Cong people live mainly in Lai Chau, speak a Tibeto-Burman language and keep ancestor worship and their own festivals.
Apartment and rented-home nhập trạch rites still announce the move to ancestors and thổ công but skip động thổ and structural changes, with simpler offerings.
Đại Tuyết, the 21st solar term, begins at solar longitude 255 degrees, usually on 7 December, opening the Tý month. Start times 2025 to 2030, Vietnam time.
The Hoang Ốc count used before building a house in Vietnam: the six positions and why the digit-sum shortcut gives the same answer.
The Hre live in western Quang Ngai and An Lao in Binh Dinh, speak a Mon-Khmer language and hold the buffalo sacrifice as their largest rite.
Cúng cơm ba ngày Tết covers the first, second and third day rites: Nguyên đán, Chiêu điện, Tịch điện and the Tạ ceremony, with regional differences.
Explore the Tra Hat rain-praying festival of the Khmer Mu people in Dien Bien: origins, rituals, offerings, and profound agricultural cultural significance.
Auspicious and inauspicious days classify a whole day by the twelve deities, while auspicious hours classify each two-hour block by that same set.
The La Ha people live in Yen Bai and Son La, with a 2019 population of 10,157. Their housing, marriage and worship customs are covered here.
Zodiac year taboos on building, marrying, or having a child, how Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc, and Tam Tai are calculated by lunar age, and why methods differ.
Is offering the First Full Moon on the 13th or 14th lunar day acceptable, where does the early custom come from, and what should the tray include?
Bạch Lộ (White Dew), the 15th solar term, starts around 7 or 8 September as night vapour condenses into white dew, marking mid-autumn in the calendar.
A guide to the Thang Long Tu Tran spring pilgrimage: the order of the four temples, what to pray at each, and mistakes first-timers often make.
Kim Lau, Hoang Oc and Tam Tai restrictions shape the Vietnamese custom of borrowing age to pick a year for building a house.
The Hungry Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month blends Buddhist and Taoist roots, with offerings for wandering spirits.
Nào Pê Chầu, the Mông New Year, falls a month before Tết Nguyên Đán: sweeping the soot, the Xử Ka offering, the year-end meal and fetching new water.
The Thánh sư altar honours a craft's patron. Learn the three names, altar placement, ritual objects, and offering days per custom books.
The Lo Lo live in Ha Giang, Cao Bang and Lao Cai, speak a Tibeto-Burman language, and are split into the Flowery Lo Lo and Black Lo Lo.
Discover kitchen feng shui principles: location, stove direction, colors, and remedies to attract wealth and health for your family.
The Ê Đê of Đắk Lắk follow a matrilineal system and worship the Yang spirits. Their grave-abandonment rite sends the dead to the ancestors.
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