Prayer text for the outdoor incense tree (prayer text for the Tiền chủ)

Cúng Tiền chủ, Hậu chủ. When nhập trạch (moving into a new house), on the fifteenth day of the lunar month, on the first day of the lunar month, at tất niên (year-end offering), when repairing the house

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice
  • Outdoor offering

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Sources

  • Văn khấn cây hương ngoài trời (hoatieu.vn)

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