Home & Property prayers

Prayers for rites concerning the home: ground-breaking, house-warming, selling a home.

• Construction-Start Prayer (Alternative)

  An alternative construction-start prayer presented to the Father King, the Mother Goddess, and the venerable deities.

• Earth-Vein Restoration Rite (Bồi Hoàn Địa Mạch)

  Prayer and ritual array to remedy harm done to the dragon vein, restoring the feng shui of the land.

• Ground-Breaking Rite Prayer (for building, renovating, or roof-raising)

  Prayer to ask permission of the Earth Deity and other deities before ground-breaking, building, or renovating a home.

• Home-Selling Rite

  Prayer to ask permission to sell a home favorably and at a good price.

• Nhập Trạch Prayer (Alternative)

  Variant prayer for moving into a new home or office, presented to the Father King, the Jade Emperor.

• Prayer to Report to the Ancestors at Nhập Trạch

  Prayer to report to and invite the family ancestors to be worshipped at the new home.

• Prayer to the Deities at Nhập Trạch

  Prayer reporting to the deities overseeing the home when moving in (the firewood and fire-lighting portion).

• Prayer to the Former Owner (Tiền Chủ)

  Prayer to the Tiền Chủ — offering to the spirit of the home's first owner to invoke peace.

• Rite for Re-installing the Incense Bowl and Replacing the Altar

  Prayer for re-installing the incense bowl or setting up a new altar to invoke fortune.

• Tân Gia Prayer — Reporting to the Kitchen Gods and Earth Deity

  Prayer reporting to the Kitchen Gods and Earth Deity in the Tân Gia rite of celebrating a new home.