(Đọc lại lần thứ hai)
Monthly prayer text for the vehicle offering
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.
What this prayer says
Monthly vehicle offering prayer text, presenting offerings to ancestors, deities, the earth god and wandering spirits not yet liberated, asking for protection so that the vehicle with its licence plate travels safely and business brings increasing wealth. Read during the beginning-of-year or beginning-of-month vehicle offering, recited a second time and followed by 3 bows.
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
This text differs from the original: a short text for the offering at the start of the year or the start of the month: chant A Di Đà three times, state the day, the address, the name and date of birth, present the offerings to "ông bà tổ tiên, thần linh, thổ địa", and close with "Con xin tạ ơn các ngài"; there is a note to read it a second time.
The common version: Prayer text for a new vehicle offering for a business
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)
- Southern Vietnam, Folk practiceYear-end vehicle offering text
- 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
- Văn khấn cúng xe cuối năm, đầu tháng, cúng xe mới (voh.com.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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