Prayer text for the first day of Tết offering to the Deities and Thổ Công (version of Báo Hà Tĩnh)

Offering on the first day of Tết. Morning of the first day of the first lunar month

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice
  • Address to the deities

Culture and belief A record of custom.

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

Adds three sentences of reverence (Thành Hoàng, Thổ Địa, Táo Quân; the quan Hành khiển of the year; Ngũ phương Ngũ thổ, Tài Thần), adds a field for year of birth, adds the passage "Mong ơn Đương cảnh Thành Hoàng" and ends with "Dãi tấm lòng thành... Cẩn cáo!".

The common version: Prayer text to the Deities in the house (first day of Tết)

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Sources

  • Văn khấn mồng 1 Tết Bính Ngọ 2026 theo Văn khấn cổ truyền Việt Nam (baohatinh.vn)

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