This article provides a list of festivals and observances in Vietnam of the 9th month in the lunar calendar (âm lịch) for the year 2023. Gregorian Dates In 2023, the 9th month of the lunar calendar falls between 15th October and 13th November in the Gregorian calendar (dương lịch). The 9th month of the lunar…
The Mid-Autumn Festival, known as “Tết Trung Thu”, is one of the most celebrated festivals in Vietnam. The origins of the Mid-Autumn Festival can be traced 3,000 years back to ancient China. Tết Trung Thu is one example of Chinese culture that permeated in Vietnam over time. Mid-Autumn is also celebrated in China and Taiwan…
This article provides a list of festivals and observances in Vietnam of the 8th month in the lunisolar calendar (âm lịch) for the year 2023. Gregorian Dates In 2023, the 8th month of the lunar calendar falls between 22nd September and 21st October in the Gregorian calendar (dương lịch). The 8th month of the lunar…
The Hòn Chén Festival belongs to the Đạo Mẫu religion, an indigenous religion of Vietnam. It takes place in Huế twice a year on the 2nd and 3rd days of the 3rd and 7th month of the lunar calendar. In early 2022, I joined the beginning of the festival as participants congregated at the Mother…
Bình phong holds significant, yet declining importance on Vietnamese architecture. They appear, at varying proportions, in the front of buildings, monuments and areas of importance. The word ‘bình phong’ translates into English as screen and they do, to some extent, limit the view of outsider looking inwards, but their primary purpose is to ward off…
