Prayer text for installing a new incense bowl, addressed to Thổ Công and Thổ Địa
Bốc bát hương, chuyển bàn thờ (ritual of filling the incense bowl and moving the altar). When moving to a new house, replacing the altar, replacing the incense bowl, or moving the altar to another place in the house; choosing the date and time by custom
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- Address to the deities
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer text to the deities when taking up a new incense bowl for the altar of Ông Thần Tài (Thổ Công), read before the altar to ask permission and to pray for wealth, fortune, prosperity, that wishes come true and all things go as desired, asking the deities to bless the children and grandchildren with health, security and prosperity, and that all matters go smoothly.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Other texts for Bốc bát hương, chuyển bàn thờ (ritual of filling the incense bowl and moving the altar)
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for installing a new incense bowl, addressed to the deities, grandparents and ancestors
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for changing to a new altar (VTC News)
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for moving the altar to a new house
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for moving the ancestors' altar to a new house (long version)
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for moving the ancestors' altar to other positions within the house
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text for moving the Thần Tài altar to a new house
- Folk practice, Closing thanks and burning of votive paperPrayer text of thanksgiving for moving the Thần Tài altar
- Buddhist, InvitationRite for taking down the incense bowl
- Buddhist, Installing the incense bowl or altar in its new placePrayer text for the rite of installing the incense bowl (without sutra chanting)
More about Bốc bát hương, chuyển bàn thờ (ritual of filling the incense bowl and moving the altar)
Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.
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Sources
- Văn khấn và thủ tục bốc bát hương về nhà mới (docungtamlinh.com.vn)
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