(rót 3 lần rượu, châm một lần trà, khấn 3 lần, sau cùng là mời nhận phẩm vật)
Year-end vehicle offering text
Lễ cúng xe (vehicle offering ceremony). The day of receiving the new vehicle; the beginning of the year, the end of the year; people who use vehicles for business make offerings on the 1st and the full moon, in the South on the 2nd and the 16th
- Southern Vietnam
- Folk practice
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer text for the year-end vehicle offering, inviting the Buddha and Heaven, Hoàng Thiên Hậu Thổ, the venerable deities, the Thần hoàng of the local area, Thổ Địa and the wandering spirits around the parking place to receive the offerings, and asking them to protect the tín chủ and the vehicle with the license plate so that it travels safely and business goes smoothly. It is recited during the whole ceremony; afterwards 3 rounds of wine are poured, tea is offered once, the prayer is recited 3 times, and the offerings are invited to be received.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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This text is the version from the South.
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How it differs from the common version
This text differs from the original: it takes the "Cung Thỉnh" section of the short vehicle offering text, adds at the beginning three chants of A Di Đà and three lines "Con lạy chín phương Trời", "Con kính lạy Phật Trời, Hoàng Thiên Hậu Thổ", "Con kính lạy Chư vị Tôn thần", changes "Tên họ người chủ xe" to "Tín chủ con là", and closes with "Cẩn cáo!".
The common version: Prayer text for the vehicle offering at the beginning of the year (Cung thỉnh chư vị thần linh)
Offerings and how the rite is done
Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Lễ cúng xe (vehicle offering ceremony)
Other texts for Lễ cúng xe (vehicle offering ceremony)
- Folk practicePrayer text for a new vehicle offering for a business
- Folk practicePrayer text for a new vehicle offering for an individual or family
- Southern Vietnam, Folk practicePrayer text for the vehicle offering at the beginning of the year (Cung thỉnh chư vị thần linh)
- Folk practiceMonthly prayer text for the vehicle offering
- Folk practiceStart-of-year vehicle offering text (with invocation of the Hành khiển of the year)
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Bài cúng xe mới, bài cúng xe hàng tháng (hoatieu.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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