Đờn Ca Tài Tử Nam Bộ: The 20 Root Pieces, Improvised Playing Around the Đờn Mat, and the Connection to Cải Lương
Đờn ca tài tử Nam Bộ rests on 20 root pieces and improvised playing around the đờn mat, with a direct line into cải lương.
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Vietnam Teachers' Day 20/11: Origin and Meaning
Vietnam Teachers' Day on November 20 originates from the 1957 Charter of Teachers initiated by FISE and was officially recognized in Vietnam in 1982.
Saying you don't believe yet still observing taboos: why 'abstaining brings good fortune' persists even among the highly educated
Many people know a taboo has no scientific basis yet still follow it. Psychology calls this acquiescence, a mechanism that reconciles intuition and reason.
Do Children Born in an 'Auspicious' Year Study Better? When Parents' Beliefs Make the Prediction Come True
Studies in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Asian-American communities find Dragon-year children score slightly higher.
How to Teach Yourself Tarot Reading: A Beginner's Guide
A step-by-step guide to teaching yourself Tarot from scratch: choosing a deck, learning the 78 cards, simple spreads, and building intuition as a beginner.
What Are Impermanence, Suffering and Non-Self? The Three Marks of the Teaching in Buddhism
Impermanence, suffering and non-self are the three marks of the teaching: body, mind and world all change, are unsatisfactory and have no fixed self.
The Gen Trigram in the Bagua: Symbolism and Meaning
The Gen trigram (☶) is one of the eight trigrams of the I Ching, symbolizing the mountain, stillness and the point of rest, and teaching when to stop.
What is Quẻ?
A hexagram (卦) is a unit of the I Ching, made of six lines arranged from bottom to top that represent a situation or state of change in all things.
The Water-Earth Bi Hexagram in the 64 I Ching Hexagrams: Origins, Meaning, and Practical Applications
The Water-Earth Bi Hexagram in the I Ching: its origins, structure, symbolic meaning, hexagram text, and uses in life, career, and relationships.
What is Kinh Dịch?
The I Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical and divination system built on 64 hexagrams formed from the eight trigrams, or Bagua.
The Wind Heaven Xiao Xu Hexagram in the 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching: Origins, Meaning, and Lessons in Conduct
The Wind Heaven Xiao Xu hexagram (Hexagram 9) in the I Ching: its origins, structure, meaning, and lessons on patience and gradual accumulation.
Hexagram 38 Hoa Trach Khue (睽): Meaning of Separation, Difference, and Line-by-Line Explanation
Hexagram 38 Hoa Trach Khue in the I Ching concerns separation and difference. It explains the Judgment, the Image, and the six line texts.
Why retaking the MBTI gives you a different type: the 16 personality types through the lens of psychometrics
The MBTI measures four real personality dimensions, but splitting people into 16 discrete types makes those near the midpoint shift type on a retest.
The 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching: Structure and Basic Interpretation
Explore the structure of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching: from trigrams, lines, judgments to basic interpretation methods.
The Pure Kun Hexagram in the 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching: Origins and Meaning
Explore the Pure Kun hexagram (hexagram 2) in the I Ching: its origins, structure, philosophical meaning, and practical applications in life.
Hexagram 47 Trạch Thủy Khốn (困) in the I Ching: meaning in times of exhaustion and why words cannot save you
Hexagram 47 Trạch Thủy Khốn in the I Ching describes depleted resources and words that go unheeded, with the Judgment, Image, and six line texts.
The Water Thunder Hexagram Zhun in the 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching: Origins, Meaning, and Lessons for Overcoming Hardship
The Water Thunder Hexagram Zhun is the 3rd hexagram of the I Ching, marking a hard and turbulent beginning, with its origins and meaning.
The Sixth Patriarch Huineng and the Platform Sutra: Content and Editorial Layers
The Platform Sutra records teachings traditionally attributed to the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, but the text went through many layers of editing.
What the Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra Teach, and Why Chan Buddhism Values These Two Texts
The Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra are the two core Prajñāpāramitā texts of Chan: what they say, where they come from and why Chan prizes them.
Chu Van An (born 1292): The Teacher of All Generations and the Temple on Phoenix Mountain
Chu Van An (1292-1370), the most exemplary teacher in Vietnamese history, and the temple on Phoenix Mountain in Hai Duong that honours him.
What Are the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination in the Pali Canon?
The twelve links of dependent origination run from ignorance to ageing and death. What each link means in the Pali suttas and how the chain ends.
The Cúng Mụ Rite and the Belief in the 12 Midwife Goddesses
Explore the origin and role of the 12 Bà Mụ in Vietnamese folk belief, female deities believed to shape a newborn's body and bestow blessings.
What Are Relief Stars and Fate-Mitigating Stars in Vietnamese Astrology, and Their Real Limits
Learn what relief stars and fate-mitigating stars are in Vietnamese astrology, their origins, and their real limits from Buddhist and cultural perspectives.
The Meaning of The Fool and the Fool's Journey Through the 22 Major Arcana
Explore the meaning of The Fool in Tarot and the concept of the Fool's Journey, how the 22 Major Arcana cards narrate the stages of human growth and life.
Life Path Number 33: The Master Healer and Unconditional Love
Discover Life Path Number 33, the rarest master number in numerology: profound compassion, a healing calling, ideal careers, and the challenges it brings.
Cap Sac Ceremony of the Dao People: The Most Sacred Coming-of-Age Ritual in a Man's Life
The Cap Sac ceremony of the Dao Dau Bang people in Lai Chau marks a man's coming of age, with strict trials and the conferring of a secret am name.
Vietnam Doctors' Day (Feb 27): origin and meaning
Vietnam Doctors' Day (February 27) traces back to Ho Chi Minh's 1955 letter to a health cadres conference. Learn its origin, three teachings, and meaning.
What is a Kinh Dịch hội, and how do Kinh Dịch study communities in Vietnam form and operate?
Kinh Dịch hội is an umbrella term for the independent groups, clubs, classes and online communities that study the Kinh Dịch together in Vietnam.
The Gong Culture Space of the Central Highlands
UNESCO recognized the Gong Culture Space of the Central Highlands in 2005. Gongs shape the spiritual life of the Ê Đê, Ba Na and Gia Rai.
Hat Xoan Phu Tho: worship singing to the Hung Kings at the communal house gate, the four original Xoan guilds, and the journey from urgent safeguarding to representative heritage
Hat Xoan Phu Tho is ritual singing at the communal house gate to worship the Hung Kings, performed in three stages by four original Xoan guilds in Viet Tri.
Applying the I Ching in Your Career: A Compass for the Modern Gentleman
The I Ching is a philosophy of change, not a fate predictor. Applied to a career, it teaches a noble person to read the times and hold to principle.
Hexagram Phong Thuy Hoan (number 59, 渙): the meaning of dispersion and how to gather people's hearts according to the I Ching
Hexagram Phong Thuy Hoan, number 59 in the I Ching, covers the Judgment, the Image and all six line texts, plus gathering people's hearts when things scatter.
Đặng Thái Sơn
Classical pianist, the first Asian artist to win First Prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition (1980)
Bùi Xuân Phái
Painter, famous for paintings of the old quarter of Hà Nội
Hoàng Tụy
Mathematician professor, founder of global optimization theory
Nguyễn Văn Hiệu
Theoretical physicist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu
Poet, physician, teacher, author of the narrative poem Lục Vân Tiên and Văn tế nghĩa sĩ Cần Giuộc
Trương Gia Bình
Known as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FPT Group, one of Vietnam's leading information technology and telecommunications enterprises.
Mỹ Linh
Vietnamese pop singer, one of the four divas of Vietnamese music
Thạch Lam
Writer of the Tự Lực văn đoàn, author of Hà Nội băm sáu phố phường
Phan Mạnh Quỳnh
Singer-songwriter, famous for the song 'Vợ người ta' and for compositions about the countryside and community
