Prayer text for ancestors on Tết Trung thu

Cúng rằm tháng Tám (full moon of the eighth lunar month offering), Tết Trung thu (Mid-Autumn Festival). Full moon of the eighth lunar month; offering to ancestors during the day, displaying a tray to watch the moon in the evening

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

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What this prayer says

Prayer text to ancestors on Tết Trung thu (Mid-Autumn), offering gifts and inviting Thành hoàng (village tutelary deity), Thổ Địa (Earth God), Táo quân (Kitchen Gods), ancestors on both sides, and the former and current owners of the house to witness and bless the family with peace and prosperity; recited during the whole offering ceremony.

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Sources

  • Văn khấn Tết Trung Thu (vankhan.vn)
  • Tết Trung thu (Ngày 15 tháng 8): Sự tích, sắm lễ, văn khấn (vankhan.vn)

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