Prayer text asking ancestors for protection before going to the exam
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.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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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
- Folk practice, At the pagoda, temple or temple of literature (paired with a prayer said at home)Prayer text for good luck in the exam and good results, at the pagoda
- Folk practice, Indoor offeringPrayer text for examinations at home (short version)
- Red River Delta, Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám, Hà NộiPrayer to Khổng Tử (prayer for examinations at Văn Miếu)
- Red River Delta, Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám, Hà NộiPrayer for examinations and passing at Văn Miếu (petition to Văn Xương Thánh Đế)
- Red River Delta, đền Ngọc Sơn, Hà NộiPrayer for examinations at đền Ngọc Sơn
- BuddhistSớ (petition) for examinations and passing
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Sources
- Bài văn khấn đi thi đỗ đạt, may mắn cho sĩ tử (voh.com.vn)
- 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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