Short cáo giỗ prayer text for busy families
Cúng tiên thường (cáo giỗ) (offering on the day before the death anniversary, announcing the giỗ). Afternoon of the day before the main giỗ (death anniversary); by custom only performed before major giỗ (giỗ of grandparents, parents, spouses)
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- Address to the ancestors
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer to ancestors in the giỗ (death anniversary) announcement rite, read before the altar to invite grandparents, parents and deceased relatives to witness and receive the offerings; the family vows to keep family traditions, live in harmony and help one another.
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: it has only five sentences: bows to the ancestors, the date and the name of the person being commemorated in one sentence, presentation of the offerings, remembrance, and closing; it omits the name of the person praying, the address, the birth year and the death date.
The common version: Full prayer text for the cáo giỗ offering to the ancestors
Offerings and how the rite is done
Other texts for Cúng tiên thường (cáo giỗ) (offering on the day before the death anniversary, announcing the giỗ)
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to Thổ Thần, Táo Quân, Long Mạch and the deities on the day of Tiên Thường
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text to the ancestors on the day of Tiên Thường
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text for the cáo giỗ offering to the deities at home
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsFull prayer text for the cáo giỗ offering to the ancestors
- Folk practice, At the gravePrayer text at the grave before the death anniversary
More about Cúng tiên thường (cáo giỗ) (offering on the day before the death anniversary, announcing the giỗ)
Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.
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.
More prayer textsDeath anniversaries, Tết, the home, business, life-cycle rites and regional rites.Open