Văn chánh kỵ Khai canh làng Quy Lai

Tế lễ (communal rituals) of the villages of Thừa Thiên Huế. Xuân tế (Xuân tự, Kỳ an), Thu tế (Thu thường, Thu báo) in the seventh lunar month, Đông chí; lễ kỵ Thành hoàng, Khai canh on the date of each village

  • Huế
  • làng Quy Lai, Thừa Thiên Huế
  • Village communal-house rites
  • Sacrificial oration
  • Sino-Vietnamese reading

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What this prayer says

A Sino-Vietnamese sacrificial oration read at the giỗ (death anniversary) of the Khai canh of Quy Lai village, offering gifts to the Khai canh of the Dương family and the village's Thành hoàng (village tutelary deities) and their principal wives, asking them to witness and bless the villagers with peace and harmony.

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Sources

  • Trích tuyển văn tế làng xã Thừa Thiên Huế, Phần thứ ba: Văn tế trong các lễ cúng kỵ hàng năm. Chuyên đề của Tạp chí Nghiên cứu và Phát triển, số 7 (141), 2017 (vjol.info.vn)

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