Short prayer text on the occasion of a wedding

Wedding ceremony: yết cáo (announcement) to the household deities and ancestors. On the days of chạm ngõ (first formal meeting), ăn hỏi (betrothal), and wedding; some households also hold a ceremony on the day of lại mặt (return visit to the bride's family)

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice
  • Address to the ancestors

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

A short prayer recited when praying to the ancestors at a wedding, announcing to the paternal and maternal ancestors, grandparents and parents the holding of the wedding for the two young people and asking them to witness and bless the couple to live in harmony, fidelity and filial respect and to build a happy family.

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 version differs from the original in that it has four prose sentences, only reverently bowing to the ancestors, without invoking the Buddha, without bowing to the deities, and without the four-character verse passage 'Phúc tổ di lai...'.

The common version: Prayer text for the yết cáo (announcement) to the Gia Thần (household deities) and Gia tiên (ancestors) (on the occasion of a wedding)

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