Prayer text for Thần Tài on the 3rd day of Tết
Offering on the 2nd and 3rd days of Tết. The 2nd and 3rd days of the first lunar month
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- At the altar of the God of Wealth and the Earth God
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer to Thần Tài (God of Wealth) on the third day of Tết, on the New Year occasion offering incense, flowers, rice and soup and offerings before the altar of Thần Tài and Thổ Địa, asking the deities to protect the head of the household with abundant health, peace and prosperity, increased fortune in the coming year, and escape from misfortune.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Showing the version used across Vietnam.
How it differs from the common version
Longer, following the framework of the deity prayer text for the first day of Tết from the model book ("Nhân ngày năm mới... dâng cúng Thần Tài", "Mong ơn Đương cảnh Thành hoàng"); it has lines stating name and address; three opening invocations and a closing line break.
The common version: Prayer text for offering to Thần Tài on the 2nd day of Tết
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 ancestorsPrayer text for offering to ancestors on the 2nd day of Tết (offered indoors)
- 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, 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 3 Tết Bính Ngọ 2026: hóa vàng, cúng gia tiên, Thần Tài, ông vải (baohatinh.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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