Văn tế yết cáo tổ tiên trong lễ Thượng thọ

Lễ mừng thọ (longevity celebration). Usually on the occasion of Tết Nguyên đán (Lunar New Year), around the second day of Tết; also held on the birthday of the elderly person

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice
  • Address to the ancestors
  • Sacrificial oration

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

The sacrificial oration announcing to the ancestors at the Thượng thọ (longevity) ceremony, in which the descendant kneels before the spirit tablets of the Thủy Tổ and Tiên Tổ of the clan, respectfully announces to the deities and ancestors the longevity celebration, and asks for protection so that the elderly may have increased years and the descendants may reach the threshold of Thượng thọ. It is read during the ancestor worship part of the ceremony.

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

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Sources

  • Văn khấn lễ Thượng thọ chuẩn theo sách cổ truyền (voh.com.vn)

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