Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesFuneral rites in northern Vietnam, from shrouding and encoffining to thành phục, the burial and the ngu rites that follow, as old ritual books record.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipGiỗ 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 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesIn Việt Nam phong tục, tế ngu counts from burial: sơ ngu on the burial day, tam ngu on the third. The 49th, 100th day and first anniversary count from death.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesThe rites after a Vietnamese funeral: the ngu rites, the 49th and 100th days, tiểu tường, đại tường and the end of mourning, as old ritual books record.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 45, Tsui (Gathering Together, 萃), covers the judgment, image, and six lines on how groups form and why shared ground and trust hold them.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefCá Ông worship reveres whales as guardian spirits in Vietnamese fishing communities, with roots in the Cham sea god Po Riyak.
Updated 29 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesThe "ngu mai" custom of the Tho people in Nghe An lets young men and women talk overnight at festivals, strictly governed by customary law before marriage.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThủy Hỏa Ký Tế (No. 63) is the only hexagram with all six lines in correct position and paired. It teaches small success and a good start but chaotic end.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHỏa Thủy Vị Tế is hexagram 64, the last of the I Ching, its six lines out of position yet paired. Its texts show why it ends on 'not yet complete'.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsDinh Thầy Thím Festival runs from the 14th to the 16th of the Ninth Lunar Month with spirit welcoming, cộ bánh offerings, Thỉnh sanh, and Tiền hiền rites.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative daysThe International Day of Older Persons on October 1 was established in 1990 by UN Resolution 45/106. Learn its origin, meaning, and how Vietnam observes it.
Updated 22 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative daysLearn about the origin of International Labor Day on May 1 from the 1886 Chicago workers' movement and its significance in Vietnam through the periods.
Updated 25 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismThe five houses of Chinese Chan are Guiyang, Linji, Caodong, Yunmen and Fayan. They differ in how they guided students and where they spread.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › TarotExplore the deep symbolism and meaning of The High Priestess Tarot card - from its symbols and intuition to practical applications in readings.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe La Chi people live mainly in Ha Giang, speak a Ka Dai language, keep a separate altar for each man in the house, and hold folk games during Tet.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selectionHiệp Kỷ Biện Phương Thư records Nguyệt Kỵ and rejects Dương Công kỵ nhật. An analysis of the original Chinese text, separating old rules from folk beliefs.
Updated 14 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiDan Mountain sits at 60 degrees in the 24 feng shui directions, a Wood element point tied to beginnings and growth, with its own Yang energy and hours.
Updated 3 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiTan Mountain in the 24-mountain feng shui system: its Metal element, western position, and use with Hai and Mao mountains to assess career and fame.
Updated 1 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Hợi mountain in the 24 mountain directions system: its position, five elements, energy, and good and bad configurations in feng shui practice.
Updated 29 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsDinh Cau Phu Quoc Festival falls on the 15th and 16th of the 10th lunar month, with Nghinh Cau, Yet Cau and Chinh Te rituals honouring Chua Ngoc Nuong Nuong.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe 64 hexagrams divide into eight palaces, from the pure hexagram through the fifth generation to Wandering Soul and Returning Soul.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesExplore the main rites of a traditional Vietnamese funeral, from encoffining and mourning attire to burial and the 49-day rites, and their cultural meaning.
Updated 4 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsWhale worship and the Cau Ngu festival form the spiritual core of South Central Coast fishing villages, tied to the sea and fishermen's beliefs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsCau Ngu festival honors the Whale God in central Vietnam, with fishermen praying for safe seas and good catches through rituals that bind the community.
Updated 10 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 48, Thủy Phong Tỉnh, the Well, teaches that the village may change but the well does not, nourishing people without moving.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsCau Ngu festival at Cua Dai lets fishermen honor the Nam Hai whale god and pray for good weather and a bountiful season, with rituals and folk performances.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Hue Imperial City sits on the north bank of the Perfume River, using Ngu Binh Mountain as its front screen and Hen and Da Vien islets as its flanks.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiExplore the concept of Long and Long Mach in Loan Dau Feng Shui and Ngũ Quyết: origins, classifications, identification, and practical applications.
Updated 30 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsThe Tay new rice festival on the 10th day of the tenth lunar month in Thai Nguyen includes family offerings and a village ceremony.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefDa Nang's largest Buddhist festival, Quan The Am at Ngu Hanh Son runs each second lunar month and is national intangible cultural heritage.
Updated 20 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiIn Ngũ Quyết Loan Đầu feng shui, an acupoint is where earth energy veins converge. See the operating principles, key point types, and identification methods.
Updated 14 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiHouse direction in Ngũ Quyết Loan Đầu Feng Shui blends dragon vein, sand, water and direction. See the principles, classification and practical applications.
Updated 19 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › GlossaryNhật Nguyệt is the Sino-Vietnamese pair for sun and moon, symbolizing yin and yang, time, and the cosmos in East Asian culture.
Updated 16 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesTet Nguyen Tieu, the first full moon of the lunar year, is greatly valued in Vietnamese culture. See why it matters and what to prepare for the offering tray.
Updated 23 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesSouthern Vietnamese funerals in press accounts: nhập quan, phát tang, cúng vong, ritual music, động quan and hạ huyệt, and where sources cover one locality.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiTam Nguyen Cuu Van splits 180 years into three nguyên of 60, each holding three 20-year vận, with the vận turning at Lập Xuân.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe death anniversary of Le Thanh Hau Nguyen Huu Canh honors the pioneer of Southern Vietnam, a ritual named a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2025.
Updated 25 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 55, Lei Huo Feng (豐), speaks of great prosperity and success, like the sun at noon, with a warning that once the sun peaks it will decline.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyMệnh vô chính diệu means the Mệnh palace holds no major star. Readers borrow stars from Thiên Di, though only 70 to 80 percent carries over.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Philosophy of scienceNo single test identifies pseudoscience. Philosophy of science uses a cluster of criteria, applied here to 'energy', 'vibration' and 'quantum'.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
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Open data453 prayers, orations, petitions and repentance verses in use, in print and online in Vietnam, one text per row with its rite type, part of the rite, region, tradition, text family, variants and fill-in slots. The wording is kept in Vietnamese as the source gives it; 345 texts carry the name and address of the source page, 108 are collected texts whose source is not named.
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