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Prayer text for the Lễ Thành Phục according to family custom
Lễ Thành phục (rite of formally assuming mourning). After the body is placed in the coffin, when the mourning garments are fully prepared; in the past, a few days later, nowadays usually done immediately
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer text for the Thành phục ceremony according to family custom, recited before the coffin once the mourning garments are ready; the descendants bow to heaven and earth, the ancestors and the deceased, report that they formally receive the mourning headband, remember the deceased's merits and ask the ancestors to witness and grant the family mutual support in carrying out the funeral properly.
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
Current prose version: bow to heaven and earth, the honored deities here and ancestors, state the year of birth, hour of death, age; say that encoffining is complete, descendants receive the mourning turban; there is no passage of lamentation according to the classics (Hỗ mountain, Thung shoot). The page adds that households not following Buddhism may omit the three sentences of Buddhist recitation.
The common version: Prayer text for the Lễ Thành Phục
Offerings and how the rite is done
Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Lễ Thành phục (rite of formally assuming mourning)
Other texts for Lễ Thành phục (rite of formally assuming mourning)
- Folk practicePrayer text for the Lễ Thành Phục
- Folk practiceSample prayer text for phát tang
- Family rites (Confucian gia lễ)Văn tế (or khấn) to grandparents and parents at the funeral
- Southern Vietnam (Nam Bộ, no finer detail in the source), Family rites (Confucian gia lễ)Thành phục văn (oration at the phát tang ceremony, when mourning garments are put on)
Collected text. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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