Prayer text for the chánh tế (main offering) at the Thu tế (autumn offering) of Thủ Lễ village

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 Thủ Lễ, Thừa Thiên Huế
  • Village communal-house rites
  • Sacrificial oration
  • Sino-Vietnamese reading

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer text in the main offering section of the Thu tế (Autumn offering) of Thủ Lễ village, presenting offerings to the deities and asking them to witness and grant blessings; recited during the main sacrifice.

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[Lược danh sách các thần, xem văn Cung nghinh lễ Xuân tế làng Thủ Lễ]

How it differs from the common version

The body of the text opens "Kim thạch nan thành, thành chí nhi kim thạch động", describes the beginning of autumn ("Lương phong sơ chí, Đại Hỏa tây lưu"), with many three- and four-character phrases citing allusions from the Kinh Thi and Kinh Thư; there is no line "Ngưỡng lại tôn thần chi huệ dã".

The common version: Văn chánh tế lễ Thu tế làng An Thành

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Tế lễ (communal rituals) of the villages of Thừa Thiên Huế

Other texts for Tế lễ (communal rituals) of the villages of Thừa Thiên Huế

The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.

Sources

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

Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.

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