Prayer text to Ancestors on the 30th of Tết (year-end offering indoors)
Cúng tất niên (year-end offering). The 30th day of the twelfth lunar month (the 29th in a short month), at noon or in the afternoon; some households hold the offering early, from the 28th or 29th
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer text to ancestors on the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, the year-end offering inside the house, presenting offerings to the Heaven and Earth deities and to the paternal and maternal ancestors, asking them to witness and bless the whole family with peace and prosperity and all good things; recited before the altar during the year-end ceremony.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng tất niên (year-end offering)
Other texts for Cúng tất niên (year-end offering)
- Folk practice, Outdoor offeringPrayer text for the year-end offering outdoors (offering to Thổ Địa (Earth God) and deities)
- BuddhistPrayer text for Tết Nguyên đán (Lunar New Year) (Buddhist version, recited on the 30th of the twelfth lunar month)
- Folk practicePrayer for the year-end xóm offering at the close of the year (a model year-end prayer text)
- BuddhistPrayer text for offering to Ông Công and Ông Táo, year-end ceremony, and tạ đất (without chanting sutras)
More about Cúng tất niên (year-end offering)
Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.
- Date and hour selectionChoosing Year-End Dates: Year-End Gathering, Altar Cleaning, Debt Repayment, and New Year Opening
- Tet and seasonal ritesHow to Arrange the Year-End Tat Nien Offering Tray: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Festival customsYear-End Offering in Three Regions: Dates, Offering Trays and Meaning
- Festival customsHow Do Families in Vietnam's Three Regions Hold the Year-End Ancestor-Welcoming Ceremony on the 30th of Tet?
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Sources
- Văn khấn Gia Tiên ngày 30 Tết Bính Ngọ 2026 (baohatinh.vn)
- Văn khấn lễ Tất niên (vankhan.vn)
- Gợi ý mâm cúng tất niên miền Trung (docungtamlinh.com.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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