Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Lồng Tồng of the Tày, highland first-furrow festivals, and the Kinh tịch điền rite compared: who organizes each and how the core rite differs.
Updated 19 Sept 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 › Traditional festivals The Roóng Poọc Festival of the Giáy people in Sa Pa is a spring plowing ritual with the Neu tree, nem con, tug of war and plowing contests.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The legend of Linh Sơn Thánh Mẫu centers on Lý Thị Thiên Hương, canonized under the Nguyen dynasty, and the festivals at Bà Đen Mountain.
Updated 25 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Spring festivals after Tết: ném còn, đẩy gậy and swings among the peoples of Lai Châu, and the pháo đất game of Hải Dương, with rules and meaning.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Autumn Keo Pagoda Festival in Hưng Yên honors Zen Master Dương Không Lộ with palanquin processions, the frog dance and boat racing.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Kin Pang Then is the early-spring rite of the White Thái, led by Then masters to thank the spirits and their disciples; it is held in Mường Lay, Điện Biên.
Updated 12 Oct 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 › Eastern › Lunar calendar Xuân Phân, the fourth of the 24 solar terms, starts on 20 or 21 March in Vietnam time. Exact dates to 2030, its three pentads and the customs around it.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Discover the meaning, rituals, and sacred moments of the Seal Opening Ceremony at Tran Temple in Nam Định, a beautiful cultural tradition of early spring.
Updated 5 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Lồng Tồng, the Tay people's first plowing festival of spring, features rites to the Agriculture God and folk games wishing for a good year.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Yên Tử Festival honours Emperor-Buddha Trần Nhân Tông, founder of the Trúc Lâm Zen sect, with its rituals and spiritual meaning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Thanh Minh in Vietnam is mainly an occasion to remember ancestors by visiting graves, unlike China where spring outings also occur.
Updated 23 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals An overview of traditional Vietnamese festivals: agricultural, religious, commemorative, and ethnic festivals. Classification, meaning, and cultural value.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Keo Hành Thiện Pagoda Festival in Ninh Bình falls in mid-Ninth lunar month, honoring Zen Master Dương Không Lộ with boat racing and folk games.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Gầu Tào Festival of the Hmong in Lào Cai gives thanks once prayers for children are fulfilled, with the Neu pole ritual and khen dancing.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Lê Lợi led the Lam Sơn uprising from 1418 to 1427, expelling the Ming and founding the Later Le dynasty, honoured still at the Lam Kinh Festival.
Updated 24 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Tết trồng cây began with Ho Chi Minh's article signed Trần Lực in Nhân Dân on 28 November 1959 and was first held at Tết Canh Tý 1960.
Updated 13 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Explore the Lùng Tùng Festival of the Thai people in the Northwest: origins, the Nàng Han ritual, agricultural significance, and festive activities.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief H'Mông (Mông) animist beliefs in highland Vietnam, where khèn masters guide souls in funeral rites and the Gầu Tào festival honours children.
Updated 3 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Huyền Trân Princess Temple in Hue honors the Tran dynasty princess who expanded Vietnam's southern frontier. Its festival falls in the first lunar month.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Tây Thiên Festival runs from the 15th to the 17th of the second lunar month in Đại Đình Commune, Phú Thọ Province, honoring National Mother Lăng Thị Tiêu.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief The Tày of Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn and Tuyên Quang keep Then singing, the tính lute, and the Lồng Tồng festival, a heritage UNESCO inscribed in 2019.
Updated 19 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Đọi Tam drum village in Hà Nam has made drums for over 1,000 years, using buffalo skin and jackfruit wood and an artisan's ear for sound.
Updated 1 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Hà Nam's Đọi Sơn Tich Dien Festival runs from the 5th to the 7th day of the first lunar month, reenacting King Lê Đại Hành's 987 plowing ritual.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief The Thái of Vietnam's Northwest follow animist beliefs with guardian spirits and hold the Xên Bản Xên Mường rites and Hạn Khuống festival.
Updated 10 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Côn Sơn - Kiếp Bạc Festival honors Trần Hưng Đạo and Nguyễn Trãi, two figures tied to this land, at a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.
Updated 25 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Khai Ha festival is the largest folk festival of the Muong people in Hòa Bình, held in the first lunar month to pray for good harvests.
Updated 19 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Lê Chân Female General Festival in Hải Phòng honors the founder of An Biên village with rituals each second lunar month.
Updated 11 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Hội Lim is the largest Quan Ho festival in the Kinh Bắc region, held on the 13th day of the first lunar month at Lim Hill, Tiên Du, Bắc Ninh.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Fire Jumping Festival of the Pà Thẻn people is a sacred shamanic ritual seeking the fire god's protection, with barefoot jumps on glowing embers.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Sinh Village wrestling festival in Lại Ân Village, Hue, falls on the 10th day of the first lunar month and follows the muddy back, white belly rule.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Ruou can in the festival life of the E De and other Central Highlands groups: an offering to deities and a bond of community solidarity.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Hiền Quan Phet Festival in Phú Thọ runs on the 12th and 13th of the first lunar month with palanquin procession, worship, troop march, and phet grabbing.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Tiên Công Festival on Hà Nam Island, Quảng Ninh runs to the 7th day of the first lunar month, with rites of carrying the elderly.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Kinh (Viet) are 86.83% of Vietnam's population and speak Vietnamese of the Việt Mường group. Their villages and ancestor worship are covered here.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Explore the rain praying festival of the Thai people in Northwest Vietnam: origins, rituals, spiritual meanings, and its role in agricultural community life.
Updated 8 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Giong Festival at Soc Temple and Phù Đổng Temple in Hanoi honors Saint Giong, with its rituals and UNESCO heritage status.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Explore the Điện Biên Ban Flower Festival, a unique cultural event recreating traditional rituals of Northwest ethnic groups like Thai, Mong, Dao, and Hà Nhì.
Updated 23 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Then Kin Pang Festival of the Thai people in Lai Châu honors Then masters and features solemn rituals plus folk games, held since 2000.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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