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- 2027: no official dates yet; by custom it falls on 16 May 2027 to 20 May 2027
Is lễ thượng điền the new rice ceremony?
Some books merge them, others separate them. Song Mai and Quỳnh Trang (2006) write that lễ thượng điền or lễ thượng tân is the new rice ceremony in the ninth lunar month. Bùi Xuân Mỹ (2001) separates lễ thượng điền (when rice forms ears) and lễ thượng tân (ninth month, that is, the new rice ceremony). Phan Kế Bính (1915) records lễ thượng điền as the day new rice is available. Three different accounts, depending on locality and author.
From the article “The Lễ Hạ Điền and Lễ Thượng Điền Rites of Vietnamese Villages: When Are They Held and What Do They Pray For?”
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Lê Quý Đôn
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Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng)
453 prayers, orations, petitions and repentance verses in use, in print and online in Vietnam, one text per row with its rite type, part of the rite, region, tradition, text family, variants and fill-in slots. The wording is kept in Vietnamese as the source gives it; 345 texts carry the name and address of the source page, 108 are collected texts whose source is not named.
