Prayer text for Thành hoàng at Đình, Đền, Miếu

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 to the Thành hoàng (village tutelary deity) recited for the whole ceremony at the communal house, temple or shrine, addressing Hoàng Thiên Hậu Thổ, Thái tuế and the Bản cảnh Thành hoàng with the Great Kings; the person making the offering presents offerings, incense, flowers and steamed rice cakes and asks the deities to witness and bless them with health, all good things, wealth and prosperity.

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

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Sources

  • Văn khấn tại Đình, Đền, Miếu (vankhan.vn)
  • Văn khấn Thành Hoàng làng (hoatieu.vn)
  • Các bài văn khấn đi lễ chùa đầu năm (VOH, Đài Tiếng nói Nhân dân TP.HCM)
  • Văn khấn tạ lễ cuối năm ở Đền, đình, chùa, miếu phủ (hoatieu.vn)

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