Prayer text for examinations at home (short version)

Ceremony to pray for examinations and official career. Before the exam day or on the morning of the exam day; at the beginning of the year with the custom of asking for calligraphy

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice
  • Indoor offering

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Short prayer text for offering at home, in which the tín chủ (the person making the offering) presents modest offerings asking Hoàng Thiên Hậu Thổ and the venerable deities to witness and bless the candidate with luck, smooth progress, success in the exam, good learning and writing, and safe travel. It is read before the altar when making offerings at home to pray for examinations.

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

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Your regional custom

Showing the version used across Vietnam.

How it differs from the common version

Chỉ kính lạy Hoàng thiên Hậu thổ và 'các bậc bề trên', không mời Thành hoàng, Táo quân, Tiền chủ Hậu chủ; không xưng địa chỉ; lời cầu gộp lại còn bốn câu.

The common version: Prayer text asking ancestors for protection before going to the exam

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Ceremony to pray for examinations and official career

Other texts for Ceremony to pray for examinations and official career

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

Sources

  • Bài khấn thi cử đỗ đạt (hoatieu.vn)

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

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