Offering text for Tết cơm mới (the presiding ritual master acts on behalf of the village community)
Cúng rằm tháng Mười (full moon of the tenth lunar month offering), Tết Hạ nguyên (Lower Primordial Festival), lễ cơm mới (new rice ceremony). The first day, the tenth day, or the full moon of the tenth lunar month, depending on the locality
- Used across Vietnam
- Village communal-house rites
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
The Tết cơm mới (New Rice Festival) offering text, recited by the chief celebrant on behalf of the village community for the whole ceremony, respectfully presents offerings to the Tiên thánh Thần Nông (Holy Ancestor Shennong) and the local tutelary deities; on the day of the new rice offering, the chief celebrant gives thanks for the ancestors' founding labors and asks for protection for the descendants and all the people, for good harvests and prosperity.
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
The words of the tế chủ "on behalf of the people" of a village, commune; offered to "Đức tiên thánh Thần Nông và chư vị tôn thần bản địa"; reuses the verse passage "Cây cao bóng mát" with a few different words; ends with "Thượng hưởng".
The common version: Prayer text for Tiết Thường tân (New Rice)
Offerings and how the rite is done
Other texts for Cúng rằm tháng Mười (full moon of the tenth lunar month offering), Tết Hạ nguyên (Lower Primordial Festival), lễ cơm mới (new rice ceremony)
- Folk practicePrayer text for Tiết Thường tân (New Rice)
- Folk practicePrayer text for the New Rice rite reporting to Tiên sư Thánh đế Thần Nông
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to Thổ Công and the deities (on the first day and the fifteenth day of the lunar month)
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text to the ancestors on the first day of every lunar month
More about Cúng rằm tháng Mười (full moon of the tenth lunar month offering), Tết Hạ nguyên (Lower Primordial Festival), lễ cơm mới (new rice ceremony)
Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.
- Tet and seasonal ritesThe 15th Day of the Tenth Lunar Month - Tet Ha Nguyen: The Rice Harvest Thanksgiving Festival Few Still Remember
- Traditional festivalsCao Dai Founding Day and the Ha Nguon Festival on the Full Moon of the Tenth Lunar Month: How Does the Cao Dai Holy See in Tay Ninh Organize Them?
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Sources
- Văn Khấn Tết Hạ Nguyên, Tết Cơm Mới, Tết Trùng Thập (hoatieu.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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