Prayer text for the year-end thank-offering at đền, miếu, phủ

Year-end thanksgiving ceremony at đền, chùa, đình, phủ. In the twelfth lunar month, before Tết Nguyên đán (Lunar New Year)

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Mother Goddess worship (Tứ Phủ)
  • At the pagoda, temple or temple of literature (paired with a prayer said at home)

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer for the year-end thanksgiving offering at a temple (đền), shrine (miếu), or phủ (Mother Goddess shrine), presenting offerings to the Buddhas, the Holy Mothers of the Four Palaces, the Jade Emperor, the Dragon King of the Eight Seas, the Thành hoàng (village tutelary deity), Thổ Địa (Earth God), and the holy spirits, asking them to witness the sincerity and to bless the family over the past year; recited at the temple, shrine, or phủ at the end of the year.

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

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Sources

  • Văn khấn tạ lễ cuối năm ở Đền, đình, chùa, miếu phủ (hoatieu.vn)

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