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China

Traditions11 min

Why Vietnam has a cat where China has a rabbit

The same twelve-animal zodiac, three countries, three lists that do not match: the Vietnamese cat, the Japanese boar, and the linguistic explanation for the gap.

July 20, 2026Read

Korea

Traditions6 min

Seollal: the Korean Lunar New Year

Traditions and rites of Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year: the journey home, ancestral charye rite, the sebae bow, tteokguk soup and the yutnori game.

April 29, 2026Read