Prayer text for khai xuân, prayer text for the first shop opening of the year
Cúng khai xuân, mở hàng đầu năm (spring-opening offering and first-day-of-year shop-opening offering). The day for the first shop opening of the year is chosen by the head of the household within the first lunar month; the khai hạ (lowering the nêu pole) offering is on the 7th day of the first lunar month
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer for the spring opening and first-day business opening, recited during the whole ceremony, respectfully addressing deities such as Quan Đương niên, Thành Hoàng, Táo Quân and the spirits governing the area; the tín chủ (the person making the offering) presents offerings and asks these deities to bless the business with smooth trade, favorable dealings, growing wealth and peaceful personnel.
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
How this text differs from the original: it is for reopening the shop after Tết, it does not have the line "Con lạy chín phương Trời", it groups the deities into one line "Kính lạy:"; the date is left as "tháng Giêng"; it ends with "Dãi tấm lòng thành, cúi xin chứng giám. Cẩn cáo!".
The common version: Prayer text for the opening of a shop
Offerings and how the rite is done
Other texts for Cúng khai xuân, mở hàng đầu năm (spring-opening offering and first-day-of-year shop-opening offering)
- Folk practice, At the altar of the God of Wealth and the Earth GodPrayer text for the first shop opening of the year at the Thần Tài altar
- BuddhistPrayer text for the khai xuân offering at the beginning of the year (without chanting sutras)
- Folk practicePrayer text for hóa vàng on the 3rd day of Tết, according to Văn khấn cổ truyền Việt Nam (Traditional Vietnamese Prayer Texts)
- Folk practicePrayer text for the thank-offering rite (the version "Kính lạy... Cẩn cáo", hóa vàng rite, Tết Khai hạ)
- Folk practicePrayer text for offering to Ông Táo on the 7th of the first lunar month (lễ khai hạ, offered together with the ancestors and the deities)
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Văn khấn mở hàng, khai trương đầu năm 2025 (baoquocte.vn, Báo Thế giới và Việt Nam)
- Văn khấn mở hàng, khai trương đầu năm mới Bính Ngọ theo chuyên gia (vietbao.vn)
- Bài cúng khai trương (docungtamlinh.com.vn)
- Văn khấn khai trương (baoquocte.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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