Prayer text at Đền Bà Chúa Kho (folk prayer, ending with Cẩn tấu)

Lễ đền Bà Chúa Kho, đền thờ Đức Thánh Trần, đền Trình chùa Hương. Early spring and the festival occasions of each place; the chùa Hương festival from the first lunar month to the third lunar month

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Mother Goddess worship (Tứ Phủ)

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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(Vái bốn vái)

How it differs from the common version

No invocation of the Buddha; the date and the name of the tín chủ (the person making the offering) come first, with "Nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam"; the requests are written as four-character and six-character lines; ends with "Cẩn tấu" and an instruction to bow four times.

The common version: Prayer text at đền Bà Chúa Kho

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Lễ đền Bà Chúa Kho, đền thờ Đức Thánh Trần, đền Trình chùa Hương

Other texts for Lễ đền Bà Chúa Kho, đền thờ Đức Thánh Trần, đền Trình chùa Hương

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Sources

  • Những nghi lễ chính tại đền, miếu, phủ (vankhan.vn)

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

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