Prayer text to the ancestors on the main giỗ day (Cát Kỵ)
Cúng giỗ thường (yearly death-anniversary offering). The date of death counted by the lunar calendar, from the third year onward; by custom there is a tiên thường (advance offering) rite on the day before
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- Address to the ancestors
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer text to ancestors on the main giỗ day (Cát Kỵ), recited before the altar after addressing the deities, inviting the deceased of the giỗ and ancestors on both sides to receive the offerings and asking for protection so that descendants may be safe and well, and the household prosperous.
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 thường (yearly death-anniversary offering)
Other texts for Cúng giỗ thường (yearly death-anniversary offering)
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to Thổ Thần, Táo Quân, Long Mạch and the spirits on the main day of the giỗ thường (Cát Kỵ)
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text to the ancestors on the giỗ day (or when there is a matter to petition)
- Family rites (Confucian gia lễ), Address to the ancestorsVăn tế (or khấn) for the giỗ day
- BuddhistPrayer text for offerings on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, giỗ, and other ceremonies offered to the spirit of the deceased (without sutra chanting)
More about Cúng giỗ thường (yearly death-anniversary offering)
Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Văn khấn ngày Giỗ Thường (vankhan.vn)
- Văn khấn Gia Tiên ngày Lễ Cát Kỵ (tuvi.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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