Tết (Lunar New Year) prayers

Ceremonial prayers for Lunar New Year and traditional Tết observances.

• Indoor New Year's Eve Prayer

  Indoor prayer for New Year's Eve night, offered to ancestors and the household deities.

• New-Year Thanksgiving (Hóa Vàng) Prayer

  Prayer for the hóa vàng rite — burning votive paper to thank the deities and send the ancestors back to the underworld after Tết.

• Outdoor New Year's Eve Prayer

  Outdoor prayer for New Year's Eve night, offered to the heavenly officials, earth deities, and the spirits of land and sky.

• Prayer for Sending the Kitchen Gods to Heaven

  Prayer for sending the Kitchen Gods (Táo Quân) to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor and to invoke a fortunate new year.

• Prayer for the 15th of the 1st Lunar Month (Tết Nguyên Tiêu)

  Prayer for the full moon of the 1st lunar month (Tết Nguyên Tiêu), the most significant full moon of the year.

• Prayer for the First Day of Tết

  Prayer to ancestors on the morning of the first day of Tết, welcoming the new year and praying for peace and luck.

• Prayer to Ancestors on the 1st Day of Tết

  Prayer to ancestors on the morning of the 1st day of Tết — to honor them and invite ancestors to partake of the spring blessings.

• Prayer to the Ancestors on the 15th of the 7th Month

  Prayer of filial repayment, presenting offerings to ancestors on the Vu Lan season.

• Prayer to the Household Deities (1st Day of Tết)

  Prayer to household deities on the morning of the 1st day of the new year.

• Prayer to the Household Deities on the 15th of the 7th Month

  Prayer of thanks to the local deities for sheltering the family during the Vu Lan season.

• Rite for Sending the Kitchen Gods to the Heavenly Court

  Prayer for sending the Đông Trù Tư Mệnh Táo Phủ Thần Quân to the heavenly court to report on the family's affairs of the year.

• Tết Đoan Ngọ Prayer (5th of the 5th Month)

  Prayer to ancestors and deities on Tết Đoan Ngọ — the rite for destroying pests and praying for peace.

• Tết Hạ Nguyên Prayer (New Rice Festival)

  Prayer to ancestors on the New Rice Festival in the 10th month, giving thanks to Heaven and Earth and the ancestors at the harvest season.

• Tết Hàn Thực Prayer (3rd of the 3rd Month)

  Prayer to ancestors on Tết Hàn Thực, the 3rd of the 3rd lunar month, offering bánh trôi and bánh chay (floating and vegetarian rice cakes).

• Year-End Grave Thanksgiving Rite (Lễ Chạp / Lễ Tạ Mộ on the 30th of Tết)

  Prayer for the year-end grave thanksgiving rite, inviting ancestral spirits home to celebrate Tết.

• Year-End Rite (Tất Niên — Afternoon of the 30th of Tết)

  Prayer for the year-end rite, offered to ancestors and deities on the afternoon of the year's last day.

• Year-End (Tất Niên) Prayer

  Prayer for the year-end (Tất Niên) offering, giving thanks for the past year and inviting ancestors to celebrate Tết with the family.