Prayer text to the Ancestors (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 ancestors

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer text to ancestors on the first day of Tết, in which the tín chủ (the person making the offering) presents offerings, incense and flowers and respectfully invites the ancestors along with the former and later owners of the land to come and receive the offerings, asking for protection so that the descendants may have a peaceful and healthy new year and all matters go smoothly. Recited after the prayer to the deities, before the ancestors' altar.

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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