Offering tray for God of Wealth
According to feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha, the offering tray for the God of Wealth includes: candles, incense, 3 cups of water, 3 cups of wine, rice, clean salt, votive paper money, and cigarettes. In addition, the offering tray also includes small change, 1 areca nut, 1 betel leaf, green bean sticky rice, and candy. Fresh flowers can be chrysanthemums or gerberas.
On the day of the God of Wealth, the homeowner should offer a full set of three offerings, including boiled pork (including fat, lean meat, and skin), 3 boiled eggs, and 3 shrimps. Depending on the family's circumstances, the homeowner can also prepare additional offerings of grilled snakehead fish, roasted pork, and rice vermicelli.
Notes when worshiping the God of Wealth
People performing the ritual on the day of the God of Wealth must keep their bodies pure and clean, and their clothes neat and tidy. At the same time, they must also avoid eating meats of the four sacred animals such as dogs and cats, and limit eating carp, turtles, snakes, etc.
For the offering tray of the year of the Snake, the homeowner should note not to offer pig's head, but can still use roast pig and other meat dishes.
Good time to worship God of Wealth
Feng shui expert Song Ha said that on the God of Wealth's day in 2025, homeowners can perform the worship ritual at the following time frames: Mao hour (5am - 7am), Ty hour (9am - 11am) and Than hour (3pm - 5pm). These are the good times to worship the God of Wealth this year.
Prayers for the God of Wealth according to the book "Traditional Vietnamese Prayers" - Culture and Information Publishing House:
Lesson 1
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
I bow to the nine directions of Heaven, the ten directions of Buddhas, the Buddhas of the ten directions.
I bow to you, the Emperor of Heaven and the Earth, all the deities.
I respectfully bow to the Kitchen God on the day of the Kitchen God.
I bow to the God of Wealth
I respectfully bow to the Gods and the Earth Gods who rule this land.
I am... residing at...
Today is January 10, 2025
We hereby prepare incense, flowers, offerings, gold, silver, tea, fruit and other offerings, and place them before the altar to respectfully invite the God of Wealth.
We bow and ask the God of Wealth to have mercy on us, come down to this altar, witness our sincerity, accept our offerings and bless us with security and well-being, all good things, prosperity and family, increased wealth and fortune, spiritual enlightenment, all requests will be answered, all wishes will be fulfilled.
We respectfully bow before the altar and ask for your protection and blessing.
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Lesson 2
I bow to the nine directions of Heaven and the ten directions of Earth.
I respectfully bow to the current Governor, the Governor of Qi, the God of Military Operations of the Five Temples.
I respectfully bow to you, the local tutelary gods and great kings.
Dear Mr. Dia - God of Wealth, the owner of the house and land, the deceased souls, the previous owners and future owners.
My name is...
Year of birth...
Store at address...
Today is January 10, year of the Snake.
I, the believer, sincerely prepare incense, flowers, tea, fruit, and light a stick of incense to offer before the altar. Before the altar of the deities, I, the believer, respectfully clasp my hands.
I respectfully ask the local tutelary god, the Earth God and the God of Wealth to witness my good heart and sincerely thank the gods for blessing and protecting me during this time, allowing us to do business and take care of our work in this house and land.
Today is the New Year's Day, on the auspicious day and auspicious month, I would like to offer you my sincere heart. Before the altar of all the deities, I respectfully present this.
Please bless us with good fortune and prosperity, so that the whole year will be filled with favorable weather and smooth work. People's hearts will be at peace and servants will be in harmony.
May the merchants have good business and be famous far and wide. The fragrance of musk naturally comes from musk and endless disasters are dispersed.
Don't dare to dream of lofty ambitions. Just hope that your efforts will yield results. Try hard to achieve results. Be diligent to achieve success. Add a little luck and you will have more fortunes to come.
We are mortals, the world of the living is not yet clear, if there is anything wrong, we hope you will forgive us.
I ask the local tutelary god, the Earth God - God of Wealth, the landlord, the spirits of the land, the previous and current owners to witness my sincere prayers. Respectfully,
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha! (bow 3 times).
