Prayer text for the New Rice rite reporting to Tiên sư Thánh đế Thần Nông
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
- Folk practice
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
The prayer text for the Cơm mới (New Rice) festival reporting to Tiên sư Thánh đế Thần Nông is recited for the whole ceremony; the tín chủ (the person making the offering) pays respects to Tiên sư Thánh đế, Thổ địa Long mạch (Earth God and Dragon Vein), ancestors and wandering spirits on both sides; on the occasion of the Cơm mới festival, offerings are presented with a request for favorable rain and wind, a successful harvest, abundant health, and a peaceful village.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Showing the version used across Vietnam.
How it differs from the common version
No Buddha recitation; bowing to "chư vị Tiên sư Thánh đế, Thổ địa Long mạch chính thần" and reporting to Thần Nông; parallel prose, ending with "Kính cẩn dâng lời".
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)
- Village communal-house ritesOffering text for Tết cơm mới (the presiding ritual master acts on behalf of the village community)
- 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?
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Văn khấn Lễ Trùng thập (10-10) và Tết Hạ nguyên (Lễ cơm mới) (15-10) (vankhan.vn)
- 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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