Prayer text to the deity officials outside the cemetery
Prayers to deities and spirits at the grave. Whenever visiting the grave: Thanh minh, year-end, death anniversary, when repairing the grave
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- Address to the deities
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer to the deities at the cemetery, used for the rite of thanking the grave. The tín chủ (the person making the offering) reports to the deities governing this place and to the soul of the relative, presents offerings in gratitude for their protection and asks for continued blessing so that the whole family may be safe and prosperous.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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How it differs from the common version
Chỉ một câu niệm, không lạy chín phương Trời; kính lạy Quan đương xứ thổ địa chính thần, Ngũ phương Long mạch và bốn thần Chu Tước, Huyền Vũ, Thanh Long, Bạch Hổ, rồi lạy luôn vong linh; có câu dâng "tài mã" kể tên đồ mã; kết "Cẩn cáo".
The common version: Prayer text to deities at the grave (for tảo mộ, repairing the grave, bốc mộ)
Offerings and how the rite is done
Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Prayers to deities and spirits at the grave
Other texts for Prayers to deities and spirits at the grave
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to deities at the grave (for tảo mộ, repairing the grave, bốc mộ)
- Folk practice, At the gravePrayer text for the offering to spirits at the grave
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to Long Mạch, Sơn Thần and Thổ Thần (before and after moving the grave)
- Folk practice, At the gravePrayer text when visiting and repairing graves (the version "Cung duy... Cẩn cáo")
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text at the shrine of the spirits of the cemetery
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Sources
- Bài khấn thần linh ngoài mộ (hoatieu.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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