Prayer text to the Deities in the house (first day of Tết)

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.

What this prayer says

Prayer text to the household deities on the first day of Tết, in which the tín chủ (the person making the offering) presents incense, flowers, rice and soup and other offerings before the altar and respectfully asks the honored deities, the Thành hoàng (village tutelary deity), Thổ Địa (Earth God) and Táo quân (Kitchen Gods) to witness the sincerity and protect the head of the household in the new year with abundant health, wealth and good fortune, and freedom from misfortune. Recited before the altar of the deities, before the prayer to the ancestors.

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

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Sources

  • Lễ Tết Nguyên đán (Lễ đầu năm mới) (vankhan.vn)

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