The most accurate prayer for Thanh Minh Festival 2025.

Below is the most accurate prayer for the Thanh Minh festival, both at the gravesite and at home, to help families feel at ease when performing the ritual.

Báo Tây Ninh•31/03/2025

The Qingming Festival, usually held in the third lunar month, is not only an occasion for descendants to visit and care for their ancestors' graves, but also a time to remember and express profound respect to the deceased.

In 2025, the Qingming Festival begins on April 4th and ends on April 19th of the Gregorian calendar. Qingming Festival (April 4th) falls on Friday, the 7th day of the 3rd lunar month.

On this day, families usually prepare two trays of offerings: one at home and one at the gravesite. Depending on the family, the offerings can be vegetarian or non-vegetarian.

People visit graves during the Qingming Festival. (Photo: Ngo Nhung)

The most accurate prayer for Thanh Minh Festival 2025.
Below are two prayers to be recited at home and at the grave, according to the book "Traditional Prayers," to express respect and reverence for deceased relatives during the Qingming Festival.

Prayer for the Qingming Festival at home
Namo Amitabha Buddha!

Namo Amitabha Buddha!

I bow down to the nine directions of Heaven, the ten directions of the Buddhas, and all the Buddhas of the ten directions.

I bow before my ancestors, my relatives on both my paternal and maternal sides of the family...

I bow before my ancestral spirits, grandparents, and the Red Girl and Red Boy at home.

Today is the... day of... month... year...

Today, I, the one entrusted with the ancestral worship, whose name is..., age..., born in the commune..., district..., province..., along with my entire family, bow in reverence before the ancestral altar.

We respectfully invite the Earth God and Kitchen God to come and offer their blessings.

We respectfully offer this tribute: betel leaves and wine, tea and water, incense, flowers and fruits, along with other offerings as a token of our sincerity on the occasion of the Qingming Festival. We respectfully invite the spirits of our ancestors, both paternal and maternal, including great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and siblings, to witness and partake in this offering.

With sincere reverence, I humbly bow and pray to my ancestors, forefathers, and all my forefathers... to bless and protect my family, ensuring peace, prosperity, coolness, and good fortune throughout the three summer months and nine winter months. May good things come and bad things go away, and may all my family's endeavors be smooth sailing and filled with good luck.

We respectfully offer this humble gift with sincere hearts, and humbly ask our ancestors to witness and acknowledge the sincerity of our entire family.

Namo Amitabha Buddha!

A vegetarian offering tray for the Qingming Festival. (Illustrative image: Gac Muoi)

Prayer for the Qingming Festival at the grave
Namo Amitabha Buddha!

Namo Amitabha Buddha!

I bow down to the nine directions of Heaven, the ten directions of the Buddhas, and all the Buddhas of the ten directions.

I respectfully bow before the Heavenly Emperor, the Earth Goddess, and all revered deities.

I respectfully bow before the local deities who govern this area.

Today is the day...

We, your humble devotees, are: (name of the person making the prayer).

Residing at: (address of the petitioner).

On the occasion of the Qingming Festival, your humble devotee sincerely prepares offerings of betel nuts and leaves, incense, flowers, tea, and fruits, lighting incense sticks with a sincere heart and respectfully offering them before the altar, inviting all revered deities to come and witness.

Our family has the tomb of (father, grandfather, or great-grandfather, depending on the relative status of the deceased to the petitioner), buried in this place, and we now wish to renovate and rebuild it.

Therefore, we respectfully inform the deities, the earth spirits, the dragon veins, the front Vermilion Bird, the rear Black Tortoise, the left Green Dragon, the right White Tiger, and all the revered gods who govern this area.

We respectfully invite the deities to witness our sincerity, accept our offerings, and grant the departed souls peace, tranquility, and liberation.

We humbly pray that you bless and protect us, your devotees, and our entire family, granting us good health and peace, freedom from illness throughout the four seasons, and tranquility in all eight festivals.

Namo Amitabha Buddha!

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