Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsHow is a death anniversary kept in Central Vietnam? The tiên thường and chính kỵ rites, the joint 7th-month giỗ in Quảng Nam, and Hue dishes on the tray.
Updated 11 Oct 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 › Western › PsychologyApophenia explains why the brain sees faces in clouds, repeating numbers and patterns in random data, plus where the line to delusion lies.
Updated 13 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Western › NumerologyExplore the meaning and calculation of the first peak in numerology, a crucial stage that shapes the foundation of one's life.
Updated 26 Jun 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipA Western Mekong Delta đám giỗ spans tiên thường, chánh giỗ and hậu thường. Hosting guests and giving take-home portions show a compassionate way of life.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe custom of offering a day early is called lễ tiên thường, with the main chính kỵ the next day. Its origin, distinctions and meaning.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe legend of Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung, a poor man and a princess whose love story ends in deification among Vietnam's Four Immortals.
Updated 5 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Tien Cong Festival on Ha Nam Island, Quang Ninh runs to the 7th day of the first lunar month, with rites of carrying the elderly.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresHeld each year at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, Ninh Binh, this festival honors King Dinh Bo Linh, founder of Dai Co Viet state.
Updated 8 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHa Do arranges birth and completion numbers by direction and element, while Lac Thu is a 3x3 square where every row, column and diagonal sums to 15.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsThe post-Tet ancestor farewell rite varies by region: hóa vàng in the North, tiễn ông bà in the Center, cúng tất in the South.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipGiỗ thường (cát kỵ) yearly rites need no full feast like giỗ đầu or giỗ hết. Core offerings: hương đèn, trầu cau, rượu trà, a bowl of upside-down rice.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipA detailed guide to arranging the family altar by feng shui and custom, covering placement, offerings, and steps for Tet and regular days.
Updated 23 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsBurning 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.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe giỗ prayer text: its structure, how to address each generation of ancestors, and the tiên thường and chính kỵ versions, with sources.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsWhat goes on a southern Vietnamese giỗ tray and how a Mekong Delta death anniversary is held: the dishes, the two days, and the portions guests take home.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe mùng 1 ancestor prayer text has five parts, with variants in wording and in the order of honoring deities versus ancestors.
Updated 4 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe Water-Earth Bi Hexagram in the I Ching: its origins, structure, symbolic meaning, hexagram text, and uses in life, career, and relationships.
Updated 16 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesMo Muong funeral verses guide the soul back to the ancestors in Muong Troi, with the Mo master as a bridge and ethical values for descendants.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of scienceShang oracle bone divination (c. 13th to 11th century BCE) burned turtle shells and ox bones, read the cracks, then carved the question onto the bone.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsHow 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.
Updated 1 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe First Lunar Month full moon runs from the 14th night to the end of the 15th; families may offer on the 14th evening or 15th morning, sincerely.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional foodVietnamese 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 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk traditional practicesDreaming of gold, silver or money in Chu Công giải mộng: the original lines of its gold and silver section, picking up money, sharing wealth, seasons.
Updated 16 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › TarotThe 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 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesKhu 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.
Updated 29 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesThe Ap Ho Pang hair washing ritual of the White Thai in Quynh Nhai, Son La, tied to the Nang Han legend, cleanses the old year and welcomes new fortune.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefVietnam's Thanh Minh custom often means tending graves first, then offering to ancestors at home; this examines origins, sequence and exceptions in old texts.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe Lo Lo people in Ha Giang hold an ancestor worship ceremony, a national intangible heritage, with the Ma Co dance in grass costumes as its highlight.
Updated 4 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarIs offering the First Full Moon on the 13th or 14th lunar day acceptable, where does the early custom come from, and what should the tray include?
Updated 17 Oct 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Western › TarotAfter a relationship crisis, young people often turn to Tarot not just for a prediction, but for a safe place to ask questions and name what they feel.
Updated 22 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsVietnam's Mid-Autumn Festival, the 8th lunar month full moon, is Children's Festival with ancestor offerings, moon-viewing trays and paper toys.
Updated 3 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsDo Son buffalo fighting festival in Hai Phong: its origins, rituals and the modern controversies over commercialization, betting and accidents.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe Buddha altar usually sits higher than the ancestor altar, but the exact layout depends on each home's space and regional or family tradition.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipAncestor worship is a long-standing Vietnamese custom, a moral standard, and a key part of spiritual life, with altars, death anniversaries, and Tet rituals.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiBat Tu reads career and money through Ten Gods combinations: Quan Sat, Tai Tinh, Thuc Thuong generating Tai, Sat An, and Quan An, plus a lookup table.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingIn Liu Yao, a moving line and the changed line it turns into are read as a pair, producing hoi dau sinh, hoi dau khac, hoa tien than, hoa thoai than and more.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram Phong Son Tiem No. 53 in the I Ching speaks of gradual advance in proper order, shown through the wild goose passing six stages.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 35 Fire Over Earth (Jin) in the I Ching: the sun rising above the earth, a sign of advancing and being recognized.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › TarotLearn the meanings of the four Tarot Minor Arcana suits, Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles, and how each reflects a different area of life.
Updated 18 Jul 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsThe 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 2026Culture and belief
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Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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Open data150 types of Vietnamese offering rites in 15 groups, from ancestor and death-anniversary rites, Tết and the festivals of the year to funerals, communal houses and temples, and the rites of ethnic communities; each with alternative names, timing, recipients and a short description. It is the key table for the van-cung-viet-nam and nghi-thuc-cung-viet-nam datasets.
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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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