Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Tết Hạ Nguyên on the 15th day of the tenth lunar month is one of Vietnam's four major traditional festivals, a time to thank heaven and earth.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching 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.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs The ông Công ông Táo ceremony on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month sends the three Kitchen Gods to heaven to report on the family's deeds to the Jade Emperor.
Updated 17 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Ông Địa and Thần Tài are the household deities most often worshipped together in Vietnam. Their origins, meaning, and altar placement.
Updated 17 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Hungry Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month blends Buddhist and Taoist roots, with offerings for wandering spirits.
Updated 13 Jun 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 Khụ Sự Chà, the Hà Nhì New Rice Festival in Mường Nhé, Điện Biên, thanks ancestors with floating cakes, pig liver divination and glutinous rice pounding.
Updated 29 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram Heaven and Earth Pi (No. 12) puts Qian above Kun, so the two qi never meet and stagnation follows, the exact opposite of Tai.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites The Cha Chaih (An Than) ritual of the Giẻ Triêng people sends 7 young men into the forest for chaih charcoal, with vows to spirits and tool forging.
Updated 18 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Thủy khẩu gathers water to hold a site's energy. This explains heaven gate open, earth door closed and how feng shui schools read the water gate.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Tong Ren (Union of Men), Hexagram 13 of the I Ching, joins Heaven and Fire. Its structure speaks of harmony, openness and shared purpose in cooperation.
Updated 20 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Heaven and Lake Treading hexagram (䷉) of the I Ching: its origins, structure, and lessons in caution and propriety for modern life.
Updated 25 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching A comparison of the Fuxi and King Wen bagua arrangements, their origins, trigram positions, meanings, and uses in feng shui and the I Ching.
Updated 28 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
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 › Eastern › Tam Thức Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp casts a chart for a moment to assess fortune and misfortune. A full chart stacks four plates on the nine palaces of the Lạc Thư grid.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Feng shui links each Kim, Mộc, Thủy, Hỏa, Thổ destiny to colors it treats as suitable or unfavorable. A color chart and where the books disagree.
Updated 15 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Astrology Explore the compatibility of Earth and Water elements in astrology: strengths, challenges, and how these two energies balance and sustain.
Updated 8 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The hexagram Fire over Heaven (Da You) in the I Ching symbolizes great prosperity, and its lessons center on staying humble and keeping a bright mind.
Updated 23 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Astrology 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.
Updated 1 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Astrology Fire and Earth are opposing elements that can complement each other. This guide covers their strengths, challenges, and tips for love, work, and life.
Updated 8 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Astrology Earth sign couples like Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn build on stability and shared goals, but risk stagnation and stubbornness.
Updated 27 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Tam Long traces a dragon vein from its distant source peak through to tong son, thieu to son and phu mau son to where it settles.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Astrology Earth element in astrology: common traits of Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, plus their strengths, weaknesses and how they mix with other elements.
Updated 3 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs Southern and northern Tết Eve worship differ in the outdoor Heaven altar, the indoor tray and offerings, with origins, meaning and how to prepare each.
Updated 17 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Astrology Fire, Earth, Air and Water are the four elements that classify the 12 zodiac signs in Western astrology, each with its own energy and motivation.
Updated 25 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 6, Water and Heaven Tension (Conflict), in the I Ching: its origins, structure, each line's meaning, and advice on disputes.
Updated 3 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 5, Water Heaven Xu, covers its origins, structure and meaning: waiting, nurturing trust and patience, with lessons for modern life.
Updated 8 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
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 › Eastern › I Ching The Wind Heaven Xiao Xu hexagram (Hexagram 9) in the I Ching: its origins, structure, meaning, and lessons on patience and gradual accumulation.
Updated 15 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Death anniversary rituals in Vietnamese culture remember ancestors and bring families together. Organization should suit each family, staying simple and warm.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Lễ tơ hồng honors Ông Tơ Bà Nguyệt after the bride arrives; lễ hợp cẩn has the couple share wine and betel in the bridal chamber. Rites and meaning.
Updated 20 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Mo Mường funeral verses guide the soul back to the ancestors in Mường Trời, with the Mo master as a bridge and ethical values for descendants.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Tarot The Pentacles suit in Tarot reflects the Earth element: material life, work, money and the body. It traces patience and effort from the Ace to the Ten.
Updated 17 Aug 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Western › Astrology Explore the compatibility between Fire element signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) in astrology: strengths, challenges, and how to harmonize in love and work.
Updated 4 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Why 14 major stars form only 24 same-palace combinations, the six groups led by Tử Vi and Phủ Tướng Sát Tham Phá, and how to read each pair correctly.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Ông Tơ bà Nguyệt comes from the Tang tale Định Hôn Điếm, reprinted in Thái Bình Quảng Ký: an old man reading by moonlight and red cords that bind couples.
Updated 17 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism The Platform Sutra records teachings traditionally attributed to the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, but the text went through many layers of editing.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Vietnamese ancestral worship trays reflect regional character: the North favors formality, the Central region is lavish, and the South is simple yet refined.
Updated 18 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism Huyền Quang (Lý Đạo Tái), third patriarch of the Trúc Lâm Zen school after Trần Nhân Tông and Pháp Loa, is profiled via his life, deeds and surviving poetry.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Western astrology Western astrology reads a birth chart from the Sun, Moon and planets at your birth, with 12 zodiac signs split by four elements and three modalities.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief 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.
Updated 17 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
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