Prayer text for the village Thành hoàng miếu number 2 (hoatieu.vn version)

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

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer text at the village Thành hoàng shrine recited for the whole ceremony, addressing Hoàng Thiên Hậu Thổ, the village Bản cảnh Thành hoàng, the Great Kings, the Tiền Hiền and Hậu Hiền, and the local Phúc Thần; the tín chủ (the person making the offering) presents incense, flowers and offerings and asks the deities to witness and bless the country with peace, the villagers with health, good harvests, smooth business and the dispersal of misfortune.

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

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How it differs from the common version

Không lạy chín phương trời, không lạy Thái tuế; kính lạy thêm các ngài Tiền Hiền, Hậu Hiền, Phúc Thần bản thổ; lời cầu cho cả làng (quốc thái dân an, mưa thuận gió hòa) viết thành từng dòng ngắn; có đoạn xin tha lỗi và đoạn "Chúng con nguyện".

The common version: Prayer text for Thành hoàng at Đình, Đền, Miếu

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)

Other texts for Lễ Thành hoàng làng (village tutelary deity ceremony) at the đình (communal house) and miếu (shrine)

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

Sources

  • Văn khấn Thành Hoàng làng (hoatieu.vn)

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

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