Prayer text for the tổ nghề nông (farming patron) in the second lunar month of An Thành village (Nhị nguyệt tế Điền tổ)

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
  • Farmers
  • làng An Thành, Thừa Thiên Huế
  • Village communal-house rites
  • Sacrificial oration
  • Sino-Vietnamese reading

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Sacrificial oration to the agricultural patron in the second lunar month of An Thành village, read at the ceremony to thank the agricultural deity and to pray for good harvests.

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

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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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