Văn tế tổ nghề rèn làng Hiền Lương

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 Hiền Lương, 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 for the blacksmithing trade ancestors of Hiền Lương village, offered to the Three Teachings, the ancestral masters of the smithing trade, and Tây Nhạc Kim Thiên Thuận Đế along with related deities; recited during the whole ceremony to announce and ask them to witness the offerings.

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How it differs from the common version

This text differs from the original: it opens with "Cảm chiêu cáo vu", reports to the Tam giáo Đạo sư, the successive generations of craft ancestors, invites Tây Nhạc Kim Thiên Thuận Đế, the furnace deity, Táo quân, and Thổ Công; the body is six short lines announcing tomorrow's Xuân tế (spring offering).

The common version: Văn cúng Tiên sư tháng Hai làng An Thành (Tiên sư văn)

Offerings and how the rite is done

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

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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)

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