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Prayer text for giải hạn Tam tai no. 1 (version with blank deity name)

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

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer text for the Tam Tai rite with a blank for the name of the deity of the year, respectfully addressing that deity and asking to ward off misfortune, grant blessings, prosperity and longevity, and keep the household peaceful; recited during the Tam Tai offering rite.

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.

Your regional custom

Showing the version used across Vietnam.

3 more blanks

(Ví dụ năm Tý, điền vào: Ông Địa vong chi thần – tương tự các năm khác xem ở bảng bên trên để thay tên thần tương ứng).

How it differs from the common version

It shares the same wording as the version of Báo Thế giới và Việt Nam (0.81 overlap measured by machine), differing in a few words: the fourth sentence is "Nam mô Hữu Thiên chí Tôn Kim Quyết Ngọc Hoàng Thượng đế" instead of "Thành tâm kính thỉnh ..."; the deity name and year are left blank instead of being printed for the year Quý Mão; it writes "Thành tâm sửa biện" (without "Chúng con"), "gia nội bình yên, an khang thịnh vượng"; there is a line instructing how to fill in the deity name.

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

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng giải hạn Tam Tai (offering to resolve Tam Tai misfortune)

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

  • Cách cúng 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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