Prayer text to the deities on the day of 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 deities

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer to the deities on the day of the giỗ hết, bowing to Thổ Công, Táo quân and the venerable deities, asking them to witness and permit the ancestors and the spirit of the deceased to return and receive the offerings; recited before the deities' altar on the day of the giỗ hết.

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

How this text differs from the original: no line "Con lạy chín phương Trời"; only one reverent invocation "chư vị thần linh, Thổ công, Táo quân và các vị tôn thần cai quản tại nơi đây"; read on the very day of giỗ hết ("Nhân ngày giỗ hết, lễ Đại Tường của") and not the day before; ends "Lễ vật tuy mọn, lòng thành kính dâng".

The common version: Prayer text to Thổ Thần, Táo Quân, Long Mạch and the deities before the Lễ Đại Tường (Giỗ Hết)

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)

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

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