Start-of-year vehicle offering text (with invocation of the Hành khiển of the year)

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

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

Culture and belief A record of custom.

The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.

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How it differs from the common version

It shares the wording "Nhân dịp đầu năm mới (đầu tháng)..." with the monthly vehicle offering text, but adds at the beginning three chants, the lines paying homage to the Buddhas, the Bản cảnh Thành Hoàng, the Hành khiển of the year, Thổ Công Táo Phủ and the spirits within the grounds; it closes with A Di Đà and Thích Ca each chanted three times.

The common version: Monthly prayer text for the vehicle offering

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)

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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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