Prayer text for welcoming the deities at the Thu tế (autumn offering) of Vinh Hòa 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 Vinh Hòa, Thừa Thiên Huế
  • Village communal-house rites
  • Invitation
  • Sacrificial oration
  • Sino-Vietnamese reading

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer text in the invitation section of the Thu tế (Autumn offering) of Vinh Hòa village, inviting the deities worshipped and wandering spirits to attend the ceremony; recited during the welcoming of the deities, asking them to descend and grant blessings.

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 lists only Đại càn Quốc gia Nam Hải tứ vị thánh nương and then names them collectively as dương vị, âm vị, tả ban, hữu ban; it invites twelve kinds of âm hồn and cô hồn to be worshipped in association; the body of the text says "Tư nhân thu tế, cảm vọng đàn nghênh".

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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