What Is a Thần Chủ Tablet, and Why Is It Buried at the Fifth Generation?
Thần chủ, a jujube wood tablet with name, title and dates, sits on the altar; custom keeps four generations, then the cao tổ tablet is buried at the fifth.
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What is Dụng Thần?
Dụng Thần is the element among the Five Elements most needed to balance and remedy a Four Pillars chart, helping it reach harmony in BaZi theory.
Casting a Mai Hoa hexagram from the lunar year, month, day, and hour: formulas, a full worked example, and the points where books still differ
Mai Hoa Dịch Số casts a hexagram from the lunar year, month, day, and hour: divide by 8 for the trigrams and by 6 for the moving line.
Cau Ngu Festival at Cua Dai honoring the Nam Hai Whale God
Cau Ngu festival at Cua Dai lets fishermen honor the Nam Hai whale god and pray for good weather and a bountiful season, with rituals and folk performances.
The "ngu mai" (communal sleeping) custom in courtship and marriage of the Tho people in Nghe An
The "ngu mai" custom of the Tho people in Nghe An lets young men and women talk overnight at festivals, strictly governed by customary law before marriage.
What is Ngũ Quan?
Ngũ Quan (五官) means the five facial features: eyes, nose, mouth, ears and eyebrows. Eastern physiognomy uses them to read character and destiny.
Mai Thúc Loan and Phùng Hưng: Two Major Uprisings Under Tang Rule
Mai Thúc Loan (722) and Phùng Hưng (791) were two major uprisings under Tang rule. An analysis of their background, course and historical significance.
What is Ngũ Hành?
Ngũ Hành, the Five Elements, is a system of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth in Eastern philosophy, explaining change through generation and overcoming.
What is Thập Thần?
Thập Thần are ten relationships of generation and control between the Day Master and the other stems and branches in a Four Pillars chart.
What Is Mai Hoa Dịch Số, and Did Thiệu Ung Really Write It?
Mai Hoa Dịch Số builds I Ching hexagrams from numbers, sounds and moments instead of coins. Tradition assigns it to Thiệu Ung, without proof.
Year of the Monkey (Thân): Personality, Five Elements and Destiny
Monkey (Thân) in the Vietnamese zodiac: personality, Metal element, harmony with Rat and Dragon, clash with Tiger, Snake and Pig, and notable birth years.
What is Đại Hải Thủy (Great Sea Water) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
Đại Hải Thủy is the nạp âm for Nhâm Tuất and Quý Hợi years, tied to the Water element and the vast ocean, with its traits and Five Elements meaning.
What is Dai Trach Tho (Great Estate Earth) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
Explore Dai Trach Tho (Great Estate Earth) in the Sexagenary Cycle: origins, Five Elements characteristics, compatible colors, directions and applications.
What is Đại Khê Thủy (Great Stream Water) in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, its Five Elements meaning
Đại Khê Thủy is the nạp âm for Giáp Dần and Ất Mão in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp. It covers its five elements nature and meaning in Tử vi and phong thủy.
What is Đại Lâm Mộc (Great Forest Wood) in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, and its Five Elements meaning
Đại Lâm Mộc is the nạp âm for Mậu Thìn and Kỷ Tỵ years, tied to the Wood element. See its traits and Five Elements meaning in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp.
How Do Nguyên Thần, Kỵ Thần, and Cừu Thần Differ in Their Sheng-Ke Relations in Liu Yao?
Nguyên thần generates the Dụng thần, kỵ thần conquers it, cừu thần conquers the nguyên thần and feeds the kỵ thần, as Tăng san bốc dịch defines them.
What is Thần Số Học?
Thần Số Học assigns meaning to numbers linked to birth date and name, offering a reference for personality tendencies and life lessons.
Vietnamese Ao Dai: History and Cultural Significance
The Vietnamese ao dai evolved from the 17th century xiem canh sen garment through reforms under Lord Nguyen Phuc Khoat and King Minh Mang.
What is Hỉ Thần?
Hỉ Thần is a symbolic star in BaZi (Four Pillars of Destiny) that brings joy, happy events and favorable circumstances to the native.
What is Cung Thân?
Cung Thân is a special palace in Vietnamese Tử Vi astrology, placed by birth month and hour rather than fixed, reflecting inner tendencies and later life.
What is Strong Self (Thân Vượng) and Weak Self (Thân Nhược) in BaZi (Four Pillars)
Strong Self (Thân Vượng) and Weak Self (Thân Nhược) in BaZi measure the Day Master's strength through its links with other elements in the Four Pillars.
In What Order Do You Read a Tử Vi Chart? Mệnh, Thân, Cục, Stars and Periods
How Vietnamese Tử Vi books order a chart reading: Mệnh and Thân first, then Cục, the major stars, the palaces in aspect, auxiliary stars and the periods.
Thần Hổ, Sơn thần, Mộc tinh: the deities Vietnamese people once worshipped at outdoor incense trees
Northern Kinh households once set outdoor incense altars to Sơn thần and Thần Hổ, some building shrines to Mộc tinh at old tree bases.
Cau Ngu Festival: The Whale Worship Belief of Central Vietnam Fishermen
Cau Ngu festival honors the Whale God in central Vietnam, with fishermen praying for safe seas and good catches through rituals that bind the community.
Cao Dai Founding Day and the Ha Nguon Festival on the Full Moon of the Tenth Lunar Month: How Does the Cao Dai Holy See in Tay Ninh Organize Them?
Cao Dai Founding Day marks the 1926 Hoang khai Dai dao Tam Ky Pho Do, held around the tenth lunar month full moon at Tay Ninh Holy See.
What offerings go on the đại tường memorial tray and how is mourning ended?
Giỗ hết đại tường marks the end of two years of mourning. It covers the offering tray, how to arrange it, and the sequence for xả tang in Vietnamese custom.
Ti and Yong in Mai Hoa Dich So: Which Trigram Is Ti, Which Is Yong, and How Do the Five Generating and Controlling Relations Reveal Fortune or Misfortune?
In Mai Hoa Dich So, the trigram without the moving line is ti (the querent) and the trigram with the moving line is yong (the matter).
Dreaming of fish (du ngư): what does a fish dream mean?
Vietnamese folk reading of fish dreams, giải mộng du ngư, covers the omens drawn from dreaming of fish, plus how modern science views these dreams.
The Craft of Bronze Casting for Worship: A Century-Old Flame in Long Thuong, Y Yen, and Dai Bai
Bronze casting for worship in Long Thuong, Y Yen and Dai Bai: how three villages keep a centuries-old craft alive against industrial pressure.
Chinh Than, Linh Than and Thanh Mon in Huyen Khong: How to Place Water and Doors According to the Period
Chinh Than is the ruling period direction, Linh Than the opposite palace. How to tell Chinh Thuy from Linh Thuy and locate Thanh Mon in each period.
Dai Bai bronze casting village - the cradle of bronze craft in Northern Vietnam
Dai Bai village in Bac Ninh is the cradle of bronze casting in Northern Vietnam, with about 1000 years of history and refined engraving art.
The Quintessence of Ngũ Xã Bronze Casting Village in the Heart of Hanoi
Ngũ Xã bronze casting village in Hanoi has over 400 years of history, known for sophisticated techniques and artworks of Thăng Long spirit.
What Is Đại Hàn, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Observed?
Đại Hàn is the last of the 24 solar terms, at solar longitude 300 degrees and lasting about 15 days. Here its calculation, customs, and meaning are explained.
What Is Đại Tuyết, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Observed?
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.
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.
What Is Đại Thử (Major Heat), When Does It Begin, and What Customs Come With It?
Đại Thử, the 12th solar term and mid-term of the sixth lunar month, begins when the Sun reaches 120 degrees, on 22 or 23 July. Start times 2025 to 2030.
Worship of Thổ Công and Thổ Địa: Household Land-Guardian Deities
Thổ Công and Thổ Địa guard the land of a Vietnamese home, distinct from the wealth-focused Thần Tài, worshipped as a triad with Thổ Kỳ.
Ông Địa and Thần Tài: The Earth God and God of Wealth in Household Worship
Ông Địa and Thần Tài are the household deities most often worshipped together in Vietnam. Their origins, meaning, and altar placement.
What is Tứ Hóa?
Tứ Hóa are the four stars Hóa Lộc, Hóa Quyền, Hóa Khoa and Hóa Kỵ in Tử Vi astrology, standing for prosperity, power, reputation and adversity.
Từ Đạo Hạnh, Nguyễn Minh Không, Dương Không Lộ: Three Lý-Era Zen Masters in Lĩnh Nam chích quái and in Village Belief
Từ Đạo Hạnh, Nguyễn Minh Không and Dương Không Lộ in Lĩnh Nam chích quái are tales of wonder about three monks of the Lý era, told as tales.
Why We Avoid the Belongings of the Dead and Seek New Year's Luck: Contagious Magic in the Modern Mind
Contagious magic rests on two laws: contact transfers properties, and similarity means shared essence. Rozin's 1986 experiments show they still shape us.
Mai Kiều Liên
Chairwoman and General Director of Vinamilk (former)
Trần Đại Nghĩa
Professor, Academician, Major General, Labour Hero, military scientist, the person who laid the foundations of Vietnam's defence industry
Đặng Văn Ngữ
Physician, founder of the field of parasitology in Vietnam
