Text of the văn tế Đàn Cả of the Kỳ yên ceremony (abridged translation, Lăng Ông Bà Chiểu)

Lễ Thành hoàng làng (village tutelary deity ceremony) at the đình (communal house) and miếu (shrine). On holidays, Tết, sóc vọng (first and fifteenth days of the lunar month), and village festival days; in the South, it is the Kỳ yên (cầu an) ceremony of the đình

  • Southern Vietnam
  • Lăng Ông Bà Chiểu
  • Village communal-house rites
  • Sacrificial oration

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Sacrificial oration for the Đàn Cả in the Kỳ yên ceremony recited for the whole ceremony, praising the merits of Đức Thượng Công who helped the king open the land, quell invaders, keep the borders peaceful and care for the people; the ceremony is held in autumn with pure offerings, incense and lamps to remember him and ask him to witness and grant blessings to the villagers.

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

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This text is the version from the South.

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Lễ Thành hoàng làng (village tutelary deity ceremony) at the đình (communal house) and miếu (shrine)

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Sources

  • Văn cúng, văn tế lễ Kỳ Yên (hoatieu.vn)

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

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