Lễ cáo gia tiên khi đổi tên cho con (rite to announce to the ancestors when changing a child's name)
- Life-cycle rites
- 1 prayer texts
- Offerings and steps
Culture and belief A record of custom.
About this rite: when it is held and for whom
Also called: Cúng đổi tên cho con, Cáo bạch đổi tên
According to the guide found, the parents prepare a small offering on the ancestors' altar, presenting the child's old name, new name and the reason for the name change. There is only one source for this rite.
- When
- When the family decides to change the baby's name, before carrying out the civil registry procedure
- For whom
- The deities in the house (Thổ Địa, Táo Quân) and the paternal and maternal ancestors
Prayer text for changing a child's name
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
Fill in before the rite
Name, address and regional custom
Your name and address appear in the prayer below and are kept on this device only.
Showing the version used across Vietnam.
5 more blanks
Offerings and how the rite is done
As commonly practised and recorded by the sources. Each family and each region may do it differently.
Used across Vietnam, Folk practice
- Where the offerings are set
- Ancestor altar
- Who makes the offering
- The baby's parents
Offerings
| Offering | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Plate of five fruits | 1 plate |
| Vase of fresh flowers | 1 vase |
| Betel leaves and areca nuts, wine, tea, plain water | |
| Incense, lamps or candles | |
| Vàng mã (votive paper) |
Steps
- Arrange the offerings on the altar, light candles and 3 incense sticks
- Bow 3 bows, read the prayer text presenting the old name, the new name and the reason for the change
- When two thirds of the incense has burned, make the thank-offering, burn votive paper, and take down the offerings
- Carry out the name-change procedure on the birth certificate at the committee where the registration was made
- The whole family calls the baby by the new name
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Bài cúng đổi tên cho con (docungtamlinh.com.vn)
Part of the open dataset Types of Vietnamese offering rites and Vietnamese offering procedures, licensed CC BY 4.0.
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