Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions What the 'Elegant Tràng An People' verse means: the eating and speaking customs it describes, and what survives in Hanoi today.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Vietnamese mooncakes come as baked bánh nướng and soft bánh dẻo. Where they are said to come from, and what the traditional fillings are.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos 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.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Four traditional Vietnamese house types compared: the northern three-bay house, Hue rường house, Central Highlands rông house and Northwest stilt house.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Astrology The Last Quarter Moon in astrology marks a time of release and realignment, with practical notes for daily life as the cycle turns.
Updated 24 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Astrology The Waning Crescent Moon is the last phase of the lunar cycle, a time for release, rest and recovery before a new cycle begins.
Updated 20 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Astrology The waning moon is the phase of decreasing light after the Full Moon, a time for release, purification, and introspection in astrology.
Updated 20 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Bạch Mã Temple in Hanoi guards the East of Thăng Long's Four Guardian Temples and worships Long Đỗ, the city's tutelary god.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Hanoi Autumn Festival 2026 runs 16-18 October at Thống Nhất Park, with 9 spaces covering heritage, craft villages, cuisine and international exchange.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The 12th Tam Giac Mach Flower Festival opens on 6 November 2026 in Đồng Văn, Tuyên Quang, with blooms from October to December.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Thăng Long Tứ Tran is four temples guarding the old capital: Bạch Mã in the east, Voi Phục in the west, Kim Liên in the south, Quán Thánh in the north.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Tarot New Year Tarot spreads include 12-month layouts and themed spreads, with meanings for each position and a reflective, non-superstitious approach.
Updated 16 Aug 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts How Hàng Trống, Kim Hoàng, làng Sình and Đông Hồ Tet paintings differ in printing technique, paper, colours and subjects, and where each craft stands.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Astrology Explore the role of Uranus in astrology: symbol of innovation, rebellion, and awakening. Learn its meaning through signs, houses, and aspects.
Updated 25 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Hạ Chí begins when the Sun reaches 90 degrees of solar longitude; from 2012 to 2043 it falls on 21 June, Vietnam time. Start times 2025 to 2030, old customs.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Hanoi character in daily life shows in forms of address, inviting, hosting guests, and a reserve newcomers often misread as coldness.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Hue funerals are a meticulous ritual system expressing filial piety and sacred farewell, now facing renewal under Decision 2322/QD-UBND to fit urban life.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Teeth blackening was once a Vietnamese beauty standard; how the dye was made in Huế, who practised it, and how it faded after 1907.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Do Temple Festival in Bắc Ninh honors 8 Ly Dynasty kings each year on the 15th day of the third lunar month with palanquin processions.
Updated 26 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Hanoi death anniversaries, weddings and funerals run on unspoken rules of hierarchy, invitations and conduct, rooted in the elegant Tràng An character.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief UNESCO recognized the Gong Culture Space of the Central Highlands in 2005. Gongs shape the spiritual life of the Ê Đê, Ba Na and Gia Rai.
Updated 27 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites A guide to the Thăng Long Tu Tran spring pilgrimage: the order of the four temples, what to pray at each, and mistakes first-timers often make.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customs What the Tet flower villages of Sa Đéc, Cái Mơn, Mỹ Tho and An Nhơn grow, when apricot leaves are stripped, and why Sa Đéc grows on racks.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi Hà Lạc lý số casts a hexagram from the can chi of a birth date: the number tables, the 25 and 30 reductions, and a worked example from Học Năng's book.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Celebrities Painter, famous for paintings of the old quarter of Hà Nội
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