(Nếu khấn Nôm thì đến đoạn Cung duy … sẽ khấn:
Prayer text for opening a shop or arranging goods, starting a workshop (outdoor altar, offering to the Hành khiển deity)
Lễ khai trương (opening ceremony). The day of opening a new shop, company, or workshop; the day of reopening for business after Tết
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- Sino-Vietnamese reading
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer text for opening a shop or starting a workshop, addressing the Hành khiển deity, the local Thành hoàng, Táo quân, Thổ Địa and other deities, presenting offerings and asking for smooth business and all things as wished; recited outdoors during the whole ceremony.
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
Sino-Vietnamese text, no Buddhist recitation: opens with "Kính lạy" the Hành khiển of the year and Đại vương Bản cảnh Thành hoàng; the body consists of four-character sentences from "Cung duy: Tôn thần chức tư thổ giới"; ends with "Cẩn cáo". The source prints a Nôm prayer to replace the Sino-Vietnamese passage.
The common version: Prayer text for the opening of a shop
Lines that depend on the occasion
- (Nếu khấn Nôm thì đến đoạn Cung duy … sẽ khấn:: The person praying chooses to read the Sino-Vietnamese passage from "Cung duy" to "Cẩn cáo", or to replace that passage with the Nôm part from "Trộm nghĩ rằng" to "Kính cáo".
Offerings and how the rite is done
Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Lễ khai trương (opening ceremony)
Other texts for Lễ khai trương (opening ceremony)
- Folk practicePrayer text for the opening of a shop
- Folk practicePrayer text for the opening of a shop (tuvi.vn version)
- Folk practiceSimple opening prayer for small trade
- Folk practiceOpening prayer for a new shop or company (version of báo Thế giới và Việt Nam)
- BuddhistPrayer text for the opening at the start of the year (Buddhist version, Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation)
- Folk practicePrayer text for khai xuân, prayer text for the first shop opening of the year
More about Lễ khai trương (opening ceremony)
Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.
- Tet and seasonal ritesChoosing an opening day for the Đinh Mùi 2027 Lunar New Year: where the custom comes from and what people weigh up
- Folk taboosFolk taboos when opening a business: What you need to know
- Date and hour selectionChoosing Year-End Dates: Year-End Gathering, Altar Cleaning, Debt Repayment, and New Year Opening
- Life-cycle ritesHow to perform a proper opening ceremony offering for shops and companies
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Sources
- Văn khấn lễ động thổ hoặc khánh thành nhà ở, cửa hàng cửa hiệu (vankhan.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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