Văn khấn lễ Thành Phần (when the grave has been completed)

Lễ Thành phần (rite after the grave is completed). When the grave has been completed

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice
  • At the grave

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What this prayer says

Prayer text for the lễ Thành Phần (rite when the grave is completed), recited at the grave after the mound has been finished; it pays respects to Heaven, the Buddhas, Thành hoàng (village tutelary deity), Táo quân (Kitchen Gods) and the ancestors, reports that the setting of the grave's direction is done, offers the tray in gratitude, and then asks to bring the spirit home.

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

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Sources

  • Văn khấn trong lễ tang (vankhan.vn)
  • Văn khấn Lễ Thành Phần trong tang lễ (tuvi.vn)

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