Year-end tạ đất rites are usually held outdoors in the yard, indoors only in cramped homes; offerings vary by region, with no fixed number of chè bowls.
Burning votive paper to see off ancestors after Tet usually falls between the 3rd and 10th of the first lunar month, most often the 3rd. What to prepare.
The Thần Tài prayer in Vietnamese folk tradition: origins, meaning, offerings, how to worship, and the full prayer, the first of the month and the full moon.
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.
When something goes missing, many Vietnamese families pray to Ong Dia, the Earth God, promising an offering if it turns up. Search first, then try the ritual.
The Ta Oi live in western Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue, speak a Mon-Khmer language, and worship spirits with festivals tied to the swidden farming cycle.
The 1010 Edict on the Relocation of the Capital describes Dai La as the center of heaven and earth, with the posture of a coiling dragon and crouching tiger.
Tả Phù and Hữu Bật in Tử Vi: placed by lunar birth month from Thìn and Tuất, sharing Mùi (month 4) or Sửu (month 10), as read in Vietnamese Tử Vi books.
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.
Wood physiognomy: a tall, lean frame with fine bones and a clear, carrying voice. How three old texts each describe the Wood type, and where they differ.
Astrology is not science in the modern empirical sense, yet calling it pure superstition ignores its roots in Yin-Yang, the Five Elements and the I Ching.
Khu Su Cha, the Ha Nhi New Rice Festival in Muong Nhe, Dien Bien, thanks ancestors with floating cakes, pig liver divination and glutinous rice pounding.
For Lunar New Year 2027, there is no single correct first-footer list. Compare the trine and six-harmony groups, the host's age and the guest's character.
Earth and Air element compatibility in astrology: how Earth's stability pairs with Air's flexibility, plus the strengths and challenges in love and work.
Nguyen Du used Eastern physiognomy to portray personality, inner life and fate in The Tale of Kieu, revealing how traditional culture shaped his craft.
Hexagram 11, Earth over Heaven Tai, has inner Qian and outer Kun, heaven and earth in harmony. It covers the judgment, image, six line texts and commentaries.