Prayer text for the giao thừa offering outdoors
Cúng giao thừa ngoài trời (New Year's Eve offering, outdoors). The night of the 30th (or 29th) of the twelfth lunar month, at the shift into the hour of the Rat of the first day of Tết
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- Outdoor offering
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer text for the giao thừa (New Year's Eve) offering outdoors, presented to the Buddhas, Hoàng Thiên and Hậu Thổ, the venerable deities, the Hành khiển officials of the old and new years, along with the Táo quân and the spirits governing this region; recited at giao thừa to see off the old year, welcome the new year, and ask for protection so the family may be healthy, peaceful, harmonious, and prosperous in their work.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Sources
- Lễ cúng giao thừa, lễ Trừ tịch ngày 30 Tết (vankhan.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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