Prayer text for the year-end offering of the xóm (kính lạy Thổ địa, Tài Thần)

Lễ cúng xóm (village communal offering). Late twelfth lunar month (year-end of the xóm); in some places offered at the start of the year

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer for the year-end communal offering, addressed to Thổ địa (Earth God) and Thần Tài (God of Wealth), recited at the year-end communal rite; the tín chủ (the person making the offering) presents incense, flowers and offerings to thank the deities for a peaceful year and asks them to continue blessing the whole family with peace and increasing fortune.

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

Không niệm Phật: sáu câu "Con kính lạy" (Hoàng Thiên Hậu Thổ, Táo phủ Thần quân, Bản gia Thổ địa Long Mạch, Ngũ phương Ngũ thổ, tiền hậu Địa chủ Tài Thần, các Tôn Thần trong khu vực); có ô tuổi; kết "Phục duy cẩn cáo!".

The common version: Prayer for the year-end xóm offering at the close of the year (a model year-end prayer text)

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Lễ cúng xóm (village communal offering)

Other texts for Lễ cúng xóm (village communal offering)

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Sources

  • Văn khấn tất niên xóm, tổ dân phố (hoatieu.vn)

Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.

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