Main prayer text for the Lễ Đại Tường (Giỗ Hết)
Cúng giỗ hết (Đại tường). The second year after the date of death; some sources record 2 years and 3 months after the date of death. The day before there is a rite reporting to the deities
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- Address to the ancestors
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Main prayer in the Đại Tường ceremony (giỗ hết), bowing to the Thành hoàng, deities, Thổ Địa and ancestors, inviting the spirit of the deceased to witness and receive the offerings; recited before the ancestors' altar on the main day of the giỗ.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Offerings and how the rite is done
Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng giỗ hết (Đại tường)
Other texts for Cúng giỗ hết (Đại tường)
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to Thổ Thần, Táo Quân, Long Mạch and the deities before the Lễ Đại Tường (Giỗ Hết)
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to the deities on the day of giỗ hết
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text to the ancestors and the deceased being commemorated (day of giỗ hết)
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsA short prayer text for Đại Tường
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for the ceremonies of Tiểu Tường and Đại Tường (Giỗ Đầu, Giỗ thứ Hai)
- Family rites (Confucian gia lễ)Văn tế (or khấn) to grandparents and parents at the funeral
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Văn khấn chính Lễ Đại Tường, Giỗ Hết (tuvi.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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