Lễ Hồi Linh (bringing the portrait or spirit tablet from the grave back)

Lễ Hồi linh (rite of bringing back the spirit). After the burial, when the portrait or spirit tablet is brought from the grave back home

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

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What this prayer says

Prayer text in the Lễ Hồi linh (rite of bringing back the spirit), when the portrait or spirit tablet is brought home from the grave after burial. The descendants bow to Heaven, the Buddhas, Thành hoàng (village tutelary deity), Táo quân (Kitchen Gods) and ancestors, asking to welcome the spirit tablet to the altar so that they may worship morning and evening, and praying for protection and support.

The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.

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Sources

  • Văn khấn trong lễ tang (vankhan.vn)
  • Văn khấn Lễ Hồi Linh trong tang lễ (tuvi.vn)

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