Prayer text for Tết Đoan ngọ (version "Gặp tiết Đoan Ngọ")

Offering ritual for Tết Đoan ngọ. The 5th day of the 5th lunar month, at the hour of the Horse

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

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What this prayer says

Prayer text for Tết Đoan ngọ, the version "Gặp tiết Đoan Ngọ", offering gifts to the venerable deities, Thành hoàng (village tutelary deity), Thổ Địa (Earth God), Táo quân (Kitchen Gods), ancestors on both sides, and the spirits of former and later owners of the house, asking them to witness the sincerity and bless the head of the household with health, peace, freedom from misfortune in all four seasons, and prosperity in the eight seasons. Recited during the Tết Đoan ngọ offering ceremony.

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

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Showing the version used across Vietnam.

How it differs from the common version

There is no line for tín chủ (the person making the offering) or residence; the date line is left blank, then "Gặp tiết Đoan Ngọ... nhớ đức cù lao Tiên Tổ"; the deities invoked are each placed on a separate line; it ends with "Lòng thành kính lễ, cúi xin chứng giám".

The common version: Prayer text for Tết Đoan Ngọ

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The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.

Sources

  • Văn khấn Tết Đoan Ngọ mùng 5 tháng 5 (tuvi.vn)

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

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