Mọi người một phút đứng nghiêm cúi đầu tưởng niệm
Prayer for the giỗ tổ at the clan house
Giỗ tổ dòng họ (clan ancestor death anniversary), tế tổ (ancestor sacrifice) at the clan temple. The death anniversary of the founding ancestor, which is also the joint death anniversary of the forebears; each clan has its own day. In Nam Bộ there is the custom of cúng việc lề (offering for the communal affair) around Tết; in the Quảng Trạch and Ba Đồn areas, chạp mả (grave-tending) is held in the twelfth lunar month
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- Sacrificial oration
Culture and belief A record of custom.
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How this text differs from the original: it opens "Kính cáo vong linh Tiên tổ", records "Năm thứ ... của nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam", states clearly that it is the main death anniversary of the Thủy tổ (founding ancestor) and the joint death anniversary of the ancestral spirits; it lists the Thủy Tổ khảo, Thủy Tổ tỷ, and the generations; the body is a rhymed prose text about the merits of the ancestors; it ends with "Buổi lễ gọi là kết thúc", "Lễ tất".
The common version: Văn khấn nôm (vernacular prayer text) at the clan temple
Offerings and how the rite is done
Other texts for Giỗ tổ dòng họ (clan ancestor death anniversary), tế tổ (ancestor sacrifice) at the clan temple
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Sources
- Văn khấn nhà thờ họ (hoatieu.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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