Prayer text for giải hạn Tam Tai (respectfully inviting Mông Long Đại Tướng)
Cúng giải hạn Tam Tai (offering to resolve Tam Tai misfortune). During the three Tam Tai years of one's age; by custom each year has a fixed offering day in the lunar calendar, some households only make the offering at the start of the year
- Southern Vietnam
- Folk practice
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer text for the Tam Tai rite, respectfully inviting Ngọc Hoàng Thượng đế and Mông Long Đại Tướng together with the Tam Tai deity of the year, offering incense, flowers and offerings and asking to pass through calamities, receive blessings and longevity, and have peace in all four seasons; recited during the Tam Tai offering rite.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Name, address and regional custom
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This text is the version from the South.
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How it differs from the common version
The title of the invoked deity is "Mông long đại tướng (tên thần) tam tai (hành) Ách Thần Quang" instead of "Ông ... chi thần"; it says "Họ tên con là" rather than tín chủ; the petition has four clauses by season "Xuân đa kiết khánh, Hạ bảo bình an, Thu tống tam tai, Đông nghinh bá phước"; it ends with "Thượng hưởng!" instead of "Cẩn tấu!".
The common version: Prayer text for tam tai (respectfully bowing to the Tam Tai deity of the year)
Offerings and how the rite is done
Other texts for Cúng giải hạn Tam Tai (offering to resolve Tam Tai misfortune)
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Văn khấn giải hạn Tam Tai (hoatieu.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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