Prayer text for the nhập trạch ceremony for a workplace office (text 2)
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer text for nhập trạch (moving into a new house) of a workplace, addressing the deities who govern the area and asking to start business at the new office, praying for smooth trade and favourable business; recited during the offering ceremony for moving into the workplace.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Name, address and regional custom
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How it differs from the common version
The wording of the khai trương (opening of a business) text in the form khai-truong.01 up to the sentence "nguyện gì cũng thành", with the matter changed to "tín chủ con chuyển văn phòng mới ở tại xứ này" (omitting "xây cất (hoặc thuê được) một ngôi hàng" and the instructions for offices and factories); there is no opening and closing invocation of the Buddha, no section inviting the former and later owners, and no closing sentence.
The common version: Prayer text for the opening of a shop
Other texts for Cúng nhập trạch (moving into a new home)
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to the deities for the nhập trạch (moving into a new house) rite
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text announcing to the ancestors for the nhập trạch (moving into a new house) rite
- BuddhistPrayer text for the inauguration rite (for the new house, thank-offering) (no sutra chanting)
- Folk practicePrayer text for the nhập trạch (moving into a new house) ceremony for a new office
- Folk practicePrayer text for moving to a new office (offering ceremony for entering a new office)
More about Cúng nhập trạch (moving into a new home)
Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.
- Folk taboosFolk Taboos for Groundbreaking, House Construction, and Housewarming
- Folk beliefHousewarming Ritual (Nhập Trạch) for a New Home: Offerings and Step-by-Step Procedure
- Festival customsHow Does the Nhập Trạch Ritual for an Apartment or Rented Home Differ from a Landed House? Offerings and Sequence
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Văn khấn nhập trạch văn phòng, phòng làm việc mới (daythangthoinoi.com)
- Văn khấn nhập trạch văn phòng mới cho chủ doanh nghiệp (vietnamarch.com.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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