Prayer text for offering to ancestors on the 2nd day of Tết (offered indoors)
Offering on the 2nd and 3rd days of Tết. The 2nd and 3rd days 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 to the ancestors in the house on the second day of Tết, offering incense, flowers and offerings and inviting ancestors on both sides to witness, asking protection for descendants to be healthy, peaceful, with smooth fortune; recited 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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Offerings and how the rite is done
Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Offering on the 2nd and 3rd days of Tết
Other texts for Offering on the 2nd and 3rd days of Tết
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text for offering to deities and Thổ Công on the 2nd day of Tết
- Folk practice, At the altar of the God of Wealth and the Earth GodPrayer text for offering to Thần Tài on the 2nd day of Tết
- Folk practice, At the altar of the God of Wealth and the Earth GodPrayer text for Thần Tài on the 3rd day of Tết
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text for Ông Táo on the 3rd day of Tết
- BuddhistPrayer text for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd days of Tết (without sutra chanting)
More about Offering on the 2nd and 3rd days of Tết
Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Văn khấn mùng 2 Tết Bính Ngọ 2026 (baohatinh.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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