Văn cung nghinh thiên thần lễ Thu tế 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
  • Invitation
  • Sacrificial oration
  • Sino-Vietnamese reading

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

The invocation text for the heavenly deities in the Thu tế ceremony of Quy Lai village, inviting the heavenly and human deities to attend the ceremony, asking them to grant blessings and witness the offering.

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

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Your regional custom

This text is the version from the Centre.

How it differs from the common version

It opens with "Cảm cung nghinh", only calling generally "Thiên thần liệt vị, Nhân thần liệt vị" without listing each divine title; the body of the text has ten sentences, stating clearly that the autumn ceremony will be held the next day.

The common version: Văn cung nghinh lễ Xuân tế làng Thủ Lễ

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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