According to feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha, the New Year's Eve ceremony of the Year of the Snake 2025 is an important ritual. At this moment (the hour of the Rat, 12:00 on the 29th of the 12th lunar month), Vietnamese families will hold the Tru Tich ceremony.
New Year's Eve prayers at home (Traditional Vietnamese prayers - Culture and Information Publishing House):
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Dear:
The future Buddha Maitreya will be born.
The Emperor of Heaven and the Emperor of Earth, all the Gods.
The Local God, the Great Kings, the Local God of the Land, the Kitchen God of Fortune, the Earth God of the Dragon Vein, and all the Gods who govern this area.
Ancestors on both sides of the family and the spirits.
It is the moment of New Year's Eve of the year of the Snake.
We are:.. Residing at:...
The New Year's Eve has just arrived, now according to the Law of Fortune, we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, the first hour of the year is the hour of the Rat, welcoming the New Year. We sincerely prepare incense, flowers, offerings, and rituals, present them before the Altar, make offerings to the Buddhas and Saints, and offer them to the Gods, burn incense and sincerely pray.
We respectfully invite: Your Majesty the local Thanh Hoang, Your Majesty the local Tho Dia, Your Majesty the Kitchen God, Your Majesty the God of Fortune and Virtue, Your Majesty the Five Directions, Five Lands, Dragon Vein Wealth Gods, Your Majesty the Kitchen God, Your Majesty the Earth Lord and Dragon Vein Gods, and all the Gods who govern this area.
I bow before the altar and accept the offerings.
We respectfully invite: All ancestors, great-grandfathers, great-grandfathers, uncles, brothers, aunts, sisters, paternal and maternal relatives, to come down to the Spirit Bed to enjoy the offerings.
We invite the spirits of the past and present Lords, the plants and trees in this land, to come down to the altar on New Year's Eve to pay homage to the Gods and enjoy the offerings.
Pray for us: May we be healthy and prosperous all year round. May all circumstances be favorable and our work be successful. May everyone be safe and sound, and may we enjoy benefits every day. May the Yin and Yang support us, and may our wishes come true. May no evils invade us in the four seasons, and may auspicious signs come to pass in the eight solar terms.
I sincerely apologize and ask for your witness.
Caution.
