Có thể niệm ba lần nếu phù hợp với tín ngưỡng của gia đình.
Có thể niệm ba lần nếu phù hợp với tín ngưỡng của gia đình.
Prayer text for the lễ Tiên thường of Giỗ đầu
Cúng giỗ đầu (first death-anniversary offering, Tiểu tường). Exactly one year after the date of death, counted by the lunar calendar; the day before there is a lễ tiên thường (offering ahead of the main day)
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- Address to the deities
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer text to the deities, recited at the Tiên thường ceremony of the giỗ đầu (first death anniversary), bowing to the deities governing the area, Thổ Công (Earth God of the house), Táo Quân (Kitchen Gods), Long mạch and the ancestors on both sides; the tín chủ (the person making the offering) presents incense, flowers, tea, fruit, offerings and cooked rice before the altar, reports and invites the spirit of the deceased together with the ancestors and the former and later owners of the land to come, witness, partake and be reunited with the descendants on the memorial day.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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How it differs from the common version
A single prayer text for both deities and ancestors ("Con kính lạy:" followed by three lines of listing); no sentence "Con lạy chín phương Trời"; it lists the year of birth, the date of passing, and the burial place; it has the passage "Một năm qua, người còn kẻ mất, âm dương cách trở"; it also invites tiền chủ and hậu chủ.
The common version: Prayer text invoking Thổ Thần, Táo Quân, Long Mạch and the deities before giỗ đầu
Offerings and how the rite is done
Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng giỗ đầu (first death-anniversary offering, Tiểu tường)
Other texts for Cúng giỗ đầu (first death-anniversary offering, Tiểu tường)
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text invoking Thổ Thần, Táo Quân, Long Mạch and the deities before giỗ đầu
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for the main day of Giỗ đầu
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for the ceremonies of Tiểu Tường and Đại Tường (Giỗ Đầu, Giỗ thứ Hai)
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for Giỗ đầu, Tiểu Tường on the day of Chính kỵ
- Folk practice, At the gravePrayer text for Giỗ đầu at the grave
- Family rites (Confucian gia lễ)Văn tế (or khấn) to grandparents and parents at the funeral
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Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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