Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vietnamese travellers use departure dates, vehicle blessings and safety amulets to manage risk on uncertain roads, an anthropologist finds.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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 › Eastern › Physiognomy A practical guide to reading the Five Features in Eastern physiognomy: how to observe each feature, pair them in correlation, and avoid one-sided conclusions.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
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 › Eastern › Feng shui Choose car color and direction by the Five Elements and your destiny, balancing energy through mutual generation and control to support luck while driving.
Updated 25 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief How anthropology compares asking the gods via poe blocks, divination lots, and omikuji in Taiwan, Japan, and Vietnam, noting gaps in the evidence.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vía Ngọc Hoàng falls on the 9th day of the first lunar month. How people worship at Chùa Ngọc Hoàng in Ho Chi Minh City, and the temple's history.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Tet customs of the Dao Quần Chẹt people in Phú Thọ include making chung and day cakes, ancestor worship, and community rituals that mark the new year.
Updated 22 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
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