Giao thừa petition

Cúng giao thừa trong nhà (New Year's Eve offering, indoors). 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

  • Southern Vietnam
  • TP. Hồ Chí Minh
  • Buddhist
  • Petition (sớ)

Culture and belief A record of custom.

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

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Your regional custom

This text is the version from the South.

How it differs from the common version

Thể sớ (mở "Phục dĩ", kết "Chí thành dâng sớ"), văn biền ngẫu, dùng âm đọc miền Nam (Đảnh lễ, quần sanh, phước); đảnh lễ bảy danh hiệu Phật, Bồ Tát; có nhắc Bổn thổ Tài thần, Địa thần, Kim Niên Đương Cai Thái Tuế.

The common version: Prayer text for the indoor giao thừa offering (Buddhist version)

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng giao thừa trong nhà (New Year's Eve offering, indoors)

Other texts for Cúng giao thừa trong nhà (New Year's Eve offering, indoors)

Collected text. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.

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

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