Văn cúng Tiên sư tháng Hai làng An Thành (Tiên sư văn)

Lễ cúng tổ nghề (offering to the craft patron). On the death anniversary of the patron of each craft; besides, on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, festivals, and Tết

  • Huế
  • Artisans and craft villages
  • làng An Thành, Thừa Thiên Huế
  • Village communal-house rites
  • Sacrificial oration
  • Sino-Vietnamese reading

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Sacrificial oration to the Tiên sư in the second lunar month of An Thành village, praising the merits of the Tiên sư who opened the craft and presenting modest offerings to express sincere reverence in the mild spring season. Read during the Tiên sư offering ceremony.

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

This text differs from the original: it is a Hán Việt văn tế read in Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation, with only an eight-couplet parallel prose body ("Phương viên hữu chuẩn, khí lượng thậm hoằng"), ending with "Cẩn cáo"; it does not invoke the Buddha, does not state names and addresses, and does not name the craft.

The common version: Prayer text to the Thánh sư (craft ancestor)

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Lễ cúng tổ nghề (offering to the craft patron)

Other texts for Lễ cúng tổ nghề (offering to the craft patron)

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

Sources

  • Trích tuyển văn tế làng xã Thừa Thiên Huế, Phần thứ ba: Văn tế trong các lễ cúng kỵ hàng năm. Chuyên đề của Tạp chí Nghiên cứu và Phát triển, số 7 (141), 2017 (vjol.info.vn)

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

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