Prayer text to the deities and Thổ Địa at home

Offering to Thổ Công and the household deities. On sóc vọng days (the first day and the fifteenth day of the lunar month), on giỗ and Tết days; the largest ceremony is on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer text to the household deities and Thổ Địa (Earth God), recited during the whole ceremony, presenting offerings and asking the deities to protect the family with peace, harmony, health and clarity, while inviting the ancestors to witness as well.

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

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Showing the version used across Vietnam.

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How it differs from the common version

Không câu "Con lạy chín phương Trời"; tách ba câu kính lạy riêng cho Táo phủ Thần quân, Thổ địa Long mạch, Ngũ phương Ngũ thổ; lời cầu dài, thuần Việt ("biết làm điều ngay thẳng, chăm chỉ lao động"); mời thêm gia tiên tiền tổ.

The common version: Prayer text to Thổ Công

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Offering to Thổ Công and the household deities

Other texts for Offering to Thổ Công and the household deities

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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