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Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites 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.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk divination Drawing fortune sticks at the temple at the start of the year: offerings, ritual steps, cultural meaning, and notes for a respectful visit.
Updated 4 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk divination How to choose auspicious dates and times for weddings and groundbreaking in Vietnamese folk belief, with lunar calendar tips and simple rituals.
Updated 8 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship A detailed guide to arranging the family altar by feng shui and custom, covering placement, offerings, and steps for Tet and regular days.
Updated 23 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites 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.
Updated 21 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs What to bring to a Vietnamese pagoda at New Year: incense, flowers, fruit and other vegetarian offerings, and which altar to pay respects at first.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Huong Pagoda Festival is Northern Vietnam's largest Buddhist festival, tied to the legend of Quan Am Thi Kinh at Huong Tich Cave.
Updated 24 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Discover the distinctive features of Huong Pagoda Festival: the pilgrimage journey through Yen Stream, the cave pagoda complex and offering rituals.
Updated 28 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Four Dharma Deities at Dau Pagoda in Bac Ninh blend Indian Buddhism with ancient Vietnamese nature worship of Cloud, Rain, Thunder and Lightning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Co 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 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The 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 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Keo Hanh Thien Pagoda Festival in Ninh Binh falls in mid-Ninth lunar month, honoring Zen Master Duong Khong Lo with boat racing and folk games.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites A guide to the Vietnamese groundbreaking ceremony: choosing an auspicious date, preparing offerings, and the ritual steps.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites A detailed step-by-step guide on preparing offerings and arranging the Mid-Autumn Festival tray according to Vietnamese traditions.
Updated 26 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites A step-by-step guide to shop and company opening ceremony offerings, from preparing the tray to the ritual sequence, with safety notes.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites A guide to preparing New Year's Eve offerings, arranging the outdoor and indoor trays by Vietnamese custom, with safety notes and regional differences.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Where the custom of a Lunar New Year opening day comes from, and what people weigh up when picking a date and preparing offerings.
Updated 17 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites A step-by-step guide to preparing offerings and arranging full-month and first-birthday trays for your baby, plus the prayer and regional notes.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites A step-by-step guide to preparing offerings and arranging the Year-End Tat Nien tray per Vietnamese customs, with the prayer and key notes.
Updated 7 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief A guide to the Vietnamese housewarming ritual (nhập trạch): the offerings and each step in order, from the auspicious date to moving in.
Updated 26 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship 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.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Sử Giề Pà, the buffalo thanksgiving of the Bố Y in Lào Cai, falls on the 8th day of the 4th lunar month, with a shared offering tray for the village.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos Folk taboos for offerings on the Full Moon and the first day of the lunar month, from choosing fruit and flowers to the incense burner and a reverent mindset.
Updated 30 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs Outdoor and indoor New Year's Eve offerings differ in who is invited, where the rite is held and the prayer text. Each region has its own symbolic dishes.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The grave-opening ceremony about three days after burial in southern Vietnam: the offerings, the folk meaning of chick, ladder and sugarcane, a Buddhist view.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Joss paper is a symbolic exchange between the living and ancestors or spirits, covering its origins, len dong rituals and Buddhist critiques.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship The custom of offering a day early is called lễ tiên thường, with the main chính kỵ the next day. Its origin, distinctions and meaning.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food The 15th day of the 7th lunar month has three offering trays: a vegetarian tray for Buddha, a full tray for ancestors, and one for wandering souls.
Updated 7 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customs 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.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs Northern Vietnamese Tet worship runs from seeing off the Kitchen Gods on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month to welcoming ancestors and the vang ma burning rite.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Mother Au Co Temple Festival in Phu Tho runs on the 6th and 7th of the first lunar month, when female officiants lead rituals.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Vietnam's October 2026 festival calendar: Côn Sơn Kiếp Bạc, Lam Kinh, Katê, Sene Dolta, Hanoi Autumn Festival, Keo Pagoda, plus lunar dates.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Chol Chnam Thmay 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 › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Sene Dolta, also called Sen Don Ta or Pchum Ben, is the Southern Khmer ancestor-repaying festival. Learn its timing, temple and home rituals, and meaning.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism The Grand Memorial for Buddha Emperor Tran Nhan Tong's Parinirvana is held at Cung Truc Lam, Yen Tu and Ngoa Van Pagoda each year.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Southern bánh tét is a signature Tet offering that symbolizes prosperity and family reunion. See its origins, meaning and traditional wrapping methods.
Updated 23 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Tet Doan Ngo worship tray guide: offerings like fermented rice and tro cakes, step-by-step arrangement following regional customs, plus safety notes.
Updated 27 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Ok Om Bok is the Khmer moon worship festival in Southern Vietnam, with home and pagoda rituals and the Ghe Ngo boat race in Tra Vinh.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs How to set out Ram thang Gieng (first full moon) offering trays at home: how many trays, vegetarian or savory dishes, order of offering, layout and taboos.
Updated 1 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customs Year-opening bud picking is the Vietnamese custom of taking a small green branch from a temple for luck. Today many ask for lộc or buy salt instead.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Red River Delta culture centres on village life, communal houses, pagodas, village gates and worship. A close look at Duong Lam, Phu Luu and Phuc Xa.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief Theravada Buddhism sits at the center of Khmer Krom spiritual life, with the village pagoda and major festivals such as Chol Chnam Thmay and Ok Om Bok.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Lam Chay Festival in Tam Vu, Tay Ninh runs on the 15th and 16th of the first lunar month, with rituals welcoming Ong Tieu and more.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Yen Tu Festival honours Emperor-Buddha Tran Nhan Tong, founder of the Truc Lam Zen sect, with its rituals and spiritual meaning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Buddhism Sun Moon Lamp Light Buddha is the last of twenty thousand Buddhas sharing one title in the Lotus Sutra's opening chapter.
Updated 16 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Learn what relief stars and fate-mitigating stars are in Vietnamese astrology, their origins, and their real limits from Buddhist and cultural perspectives.
Updated 1 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism Luy Lâu is seen as one of the earliest places Buddhism reached Giao Châu, linked with chùa Dâu, the Tứ Pháp cult and Mâu Tử's Lý hoặc luận.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism The three Chan lineages of the Lý era: Tì Ni Đa Lưu Chi, Vô Ngôn Thông and Thảo Đường. Their origins, transmission and how scholars read them.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Vesak marks the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha, and its date differs between Theravada and Mahayana traditions. The bathing ritual symbolizes inner purification.
Updated 4 Sept 2026 Culture and belief