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Festival customs

Vu Lan Festival: The Season of Filial Piety and the Rose-Pinning Ceremony

Learn about the Buddhist origins of Vu Lan on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, the legend of Mục Kiền Liên, filial piety, and the rose-pinning ceremony.

Vu Lan festival

How to Prepare the Vu Lan Offering Tray on the 15th Day of the 7th Lunar Month

Detailed guide on preparing the Vu Lan offering tray on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month: offerings for Buddha, ancestors, and wandering souls, step-by-step procedure, and important notes.

Folk taboos

Ghost Month, the 7th Lunar Month: Folk Taboos and Buddhist Perspectives

Explore the origins of the Ghost Month, common folk taboos, and the Buddhist view of Vu Lan, helping you understand correctly to live peacefully and avoid superstition.

Physiognomy

Vu (Water) Voice in Chinese Face Reading - What Your Voice Reveals

Explore the Vu (Water) voice in Chinese physiognomy: deep, fluid tone that reveals personality, wisdom, and destiny.

Tet and seasonal rites

New Rice Festival - A Unique Cultural Trait of the Cao Lan People

Discover the New Rice Festival of the Cao Lan people in Tuyen Quang: a ritual of gratitude to ancestors and nature after the harvest, featuring unique customs like the neu tree and the exchange of new rice.

Folk belief

Hungry Ghost Festival on the 15th Day of the 7th Lunar Month: The Meaning of the 'Absolution of the Dead' Ritual in Folk Belief

Explore the deep meaning of the Hungry Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month (Vu Lan/Ulambana), its Buddhist and Taoist origins, along with unique rituals, offerings, and folk beliefs of Vietnamese people.

Traditional festivals

Tac Xinh Dance: The San Chay People's Ritual for Bountiful Harvests

Explore Tac Xinh, the soul of the San Chay (Cao Lan) people's Harvest Prayer Festival, where agricultural beliefs, folk dance artistry, and aspirations for a bountiful season converge.

Traditional food

Three Offering Trays on the 15th Day of the 7th Lunar Month: Offerings to Buddha, Ancestors, and Wandering Souls

Discover the meanings and arrangements of the three offering trays on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month: a pure vegetarian tray for Buddha, a full tray for ancestors, and a tray with distinctive offerings for wandering souls.

Lunar calendar

The Twenty-Four Solar Terms: Why the Solar Calendar Lives Inside the Lunar Almanac, and Why It Ties to Farming

The 24 solar terms are 24 seasonal markers created by Eastern observers. They belong to neither the lunar nor the solar calendar, yet they nearly match the solar calendar. This article explains the astronomy, their distribution across the year, and their link to farming.

Life-cycle rites

Traditional Tay Wedding and the Unique Quan Lang Singing Ritual

Explore the Quan Lang singing ritual in Tay weddings: its origins, three main stages, the role of the Pu Quan Lang, and its cultural value recognized as a national heritage.

Traditional crafts

Thon Cao Incense Village - Preserving the Beauty of Vietnamese Spiritual Beliefs

Discover Thon Cao incense village (Hung Yen) - home to a centuries-old traditional incense-making craft, with family secrets and the dedication of local artisans.

Traditional crafts

Doi Tam drum-making village: preserving a 1,000-year-old tradition

Explore Doi Tam drum-making village (Ha Nam), where the craft has thrived for over 1,000 years with secrets of selecting buffalo hide, jackfruit wood cores, and the art of drum skinning to produce resonant, deep, and crisp sounds.

Traditional crafts

Tra Dong Ancient Bronze Casting Village - A Thousand-Year Vietnamese Soul

Explore Tra Dong bronze casting village (Thanh Hoa), over 1,000 years old, from clay mold making secrets and alloy blending to iconic works and the journey of preserving a national intangible cultural heritage.

Feng shui

Sha - Surrounding Land Forms in the Five Decisions of Landform Feng Shui: An In-depth Analysis

A comprehensive exploration of 'Sha' (surrounding land forms) in Landform Feng Shui: definition, classification, principles of influence, and application in evaluating dragon veins.

MBTI

ESFJ MBTI Personality Type (The Consul) - Characteristics, Strengths, and Career Directions

Explore the ESFJ (The Consul) MBTI personality type: theoretical origins, characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, relationships, and suitable career directions.

Traditional crafts

Dai Bai bronze casting village - the cradle of bronze craft in Northern Vietnam

Discover the 1000-year history, exquisite bronze casting techniques and modern development of Dai Bai bronze casting village, Bac Ninh - the cradle of bronze craft in Northern Vietnam.

Traditional festivals

Yen Tu Festival (Quang Ninh): A Journey to the Buddha's Land and the Meaning of Truc Lam Buddhism

Explore the Yen Tu Spring Festival, the heart of Truc Lam Buddhism founded by Emperor-Buddha Tran Nhan Tong, along with its unique rituals and profound spiritual-cultural values.

Astrology

Fire and Air Element Compatibility in Astrology: The Power of Expansion

Explore the compatibility between Fire and Air elements in astrology: why these two elements combine to create expansive, creative energy and potential challenges in relationships.

Ethnic minority belief

Beliefs and Festivals of the Thái People in Northwest Vietnam: Xên Bản Xên Mường and Hạn Khuống

Explore the animist beliefs, the Xên Bản Xên Mường village-guardian rites, and the Hạn Khuống courtship festival of the Thái ethnic minority in Vietnam's Northwest, not Thailand.

Folk belief

Fortune tellers on social media: signs that someone is selling fear rather than sharing knowledge

Fortune telling on social media is booming and causing negative impacts. This article analyzes common psychological techniques to identify those selling fear rather than sharing knowledge.

Life-cycle rites

Traditional funerals in Hue: solemn rituals and the journey towards a civilized way of life

Explore the unique traditional funeral culture of Hue people with its meticulous rituals, along with challenges and solutions as Hue transitions to a civilized urban lifestyle under Decision 2322/QD-UBND.

Traditional festivals

Phu Day Festival: The Center of Mother Lieu Hanh Worship

The Phu Day Festival in Nam Dinh is the center of the Mother Goddess worship of the Three Palaces, honoring Saint Mother Lieu Hanh, with rituals of Chau Van singing, Hau Dong mediumship, and many unique folk cultural activities.

Festival customs

Mid-Autumn Festival: Origins, Mooncakes and Vietnam's Children's Festival

Explore the origins of Vietnam's Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, the meaning of mooncakes, lanterns, lion dances and its role as the children's festival.

Historical figures

Saint Mother Lieu Hanh: The Only Female Saint in the Four Immortals and the Mother Goddess Worship of the Three Realms

Discover the legend of the three descents to earth of Saint Mother Lieu Hanh, the only female saint in the Four Immortals, along with her central role in the Mother Goddess worship of the Three Realms and the cultural heritage of Phu Day.

Vietnamese commemorative days

Ho Chi Minh's Birthday, May 19

Ho Chi Minh's birthday, May 19, 1890, and memorable celebrations over the years, from the first public announcement in 1946 to his Testament in 1965.

Folk belief

The Mother Goddess Worship of Tam Phu and the Hau Dong Ritual in Vietnamese Spiritual Life

Explore the origins, divine pantheon, humanistic values, and the distinctive Hau Dong ritual of the Mother Goddess Worship of Tam Phu, an intangible cultural heritage of humanity recognized by UNESCO.

Folk belief

Cau Mua Ceremony - Agricultural Ritual of the San Chay People in Ba Che

Explore the Cau Mua ceremony of the San Chay people in Ba Che, Quang Ninh: origins, spiritual significance, ritual process, and its role in community agricultural life.

Folk belief

Đạo Mẫu – Vietnamese Mother Goddess Worship (Tam Phủ / Tứ Phủ)

Đạo Mẫu is Vietnam's indigenous Mother Goddess religion, honoring female deities of Heaven, Earth, Water and Mountains, inscribed by UNESCO in 2016. Explore its origins, pantheon and rituals.

Folk divination

Why young people seek fortune tellers: pressure, uncertainty and the psychology of the Barnum effect

An analysis of why young people turn to fortune telling, tarot and astrology: life pressure, a sense of uncertainty and psychological mechanisms such as the Barnum effect, along with the risks to note.

Folk belief

Traditional Rain Praying Festival of Northern Delta Residents in Hung Yen

Explore the Rain Praying Festival (Tu Phap) in Hung Yen: its origins linked to the worship of the Four Goddesses, the unique palanquin procession rituals, and the cultural significance for wet-rice farmers in the Northern Delta.

I Ching

The Li Trigram in the Eight Trigrams , Symbolism and Meaning

Explore the Li trigram (☲) in the Bagua: its symbolism of fire, clarity, mutual dependence, and its profound philosophical meaning in the I Ching.

Vastu Shastra

Vastu Shastra: India's Traditional Architectural Science – Origins, Principles, and Comparison with Feng Shui

Vastu Shastra is India's traditional architecture and planning system rooted in Vedic texts, built on the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, space) and cardinal directions. Learn its principles and how it compares to Feng Shui.

Vietnamese commemorative days

Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21)

Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day on June 21 marks the first issue of Thanh Nien newspaper founded by Nguyen Ai Quoc in 1925. Learn its history and meaning.

Historical figures

Nguyen Trung Truc Memorial Festival in Kien Giang: A 156-Year Cultural Tradition

Discover the Nguyen Trung Truc Memorial Festival in Kien Giang: origins, rituals, cultural activities, and historical significance of this tribute to a national hero.

Glossary

What is Chính tinh?

Chinh tinh (principal stars) are the core group of stars in a Tu Vi astrology chart, comprising 14 stars such as Tu Vi, Thien Phu, Thai Duong, shaping the core personality and destiny of each palace.