Short 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

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

The short prayer text to Tiền chủ, paying respect to the deities governing the house and land and inviting Tiền chủ and Hậu chủ who once resided there to witness; recited in the offering to Tiền chủ and Hậu chủ.

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

Eight sentences, no invocation of Buddha; the bow is combined into "chư vị thần linh cai quản ngôi nhà, mảnh đất này"; the sentence stating the occasion of the ceremony and the passage announcing the coming to reside are omitted; the ending "Phục duy cẩn cáo!" is kept.

The common version: Full prayer text for the Tiền chủ

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng Tiền chủ, Hậu chủ

Other texts for Cúng Tiền chủ, Hậu chủ

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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