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Performing the housewarming ceremony is considered highly important and necessary, a tradition that cannot be overlooked when moving into a new home. According to ancient beliefs, conducting the ceremony before moving in helps the spirits and ancestors bless and protect the household, bringing luck to everyone in the family. If you're preparing to move into a new home, make sure to prepare the complete housewarming ceremony and housewarming ritual (entrance incantations) to ensure a smooth and auspicious ceremony.
The most simple and accurate standard housewarming ritual template
1. Reasons to Perform Housewarming Ritual Before Moving to a New Home
According to ancient beliefs, every location has its guardian spirit. Moving homes means transitioning to a place with a different guardian spirit, so performing the housewarming ritual is to seek permission from the spirits to relocate the ancestral altar, the God of Wealth, and the Earth Deity to the new location. Therefore, when moving to a new place, it's necessary to perform the housewarming ritual to inform the local guardian spirit, hoping this divine being will bless with wealth, luck, and harmony for the homeowner.
Similar to other rituals, the housewarming ritual also requires preparing offerings and appropriate housewarming invocations to show reverence to the spirits.
2. When to Perform the Housewarming Ritual? Important Notes
Housewarming ritual is a ceremony performed before moving to a new home, so you can't perform this ritual whenever you want. If you have ensured the following, you can proceed with the housewarming ritual:
- The new house has been completed: Besides the basic completion of the house, make sure that the inside of the house has all necessary amenities such as kitchen, electricity, ancestral altar, and worship table.
- Homeowners need to personally move belongings into the house, especially items with spiritual significance such as deity statues and ancestral altars.
Performing the housewarming ritual requires selecting an auspicious hour and a favorable day.
Points to note when performing the housewarming ritual:
- Conduct the ritual before you move into your new home.
- Choose an auspicious day and time for the ritual.
- The best time to move into the new house is in the morning, around noon, or when the sun is just starting to set. Avoid moving in at night.
- Prepare the offerings, ritual items, and the housewarming ceremony script fully.
3. Offerings to prepare and rituals during the housewarming ceremony:
Whether moving into a ground-floor house or an apartment, you need to prepare the following offerings for the housewarming ceremony:
- Plate of sticky rice.
- 3 trays of tea, 3 trays of wine.
- 3 sticks of incense.
- Whole boiled chicken.
- Incense.
- A tray of five fresh and beautiful fruits.
- 1 plate of salt and rice.
- 3 jars containing water, salt, rice.
- Gold and silver paper.
- 3 betel nuts already wrapped.
- 1 pair of red candlesticks.
- 1 set of three items consisting of a piece of pork, a shrimp, a duck egg. All are boiled.
Rituals during the housewarming ceremony
- Read more: Invocation script for ancestral death anniversaries
All these offerings are placed on a high altar, positioned in a favorable direction according to the homeowner's fate. When it's time for the ritual, the homeowner will light incense and recite the housewarming invocation.
Afterward, the homeowner needs to turn on the stove, boil water, and then proceed with the invocation with the following steps. Remember to follow the order without confusion.
- Seek permission from the Deities to move into the new home.
- Seek permission to set up the altar for the Deities.
- Seek permission from the Deities to welcome the ancestral spirits of the household for worship.
Notes:
- The first item brought into the new home should be a bed or mattress. Next should be items related to cooking and housekeeping, such as kitchen utensils, water, rice, broomsticks for cleaning, and offerings for the Deities...
- Boil water for the first time in the new home for as long as possible, but at least boil for 5 - 10 minutes.
- If your family doesn't plan to stay at the new home immediately after the housewarming, spend a night there on the day of the housewarming. Then you can move in whenever you want.
- After performing the invocation for the Deities, the homeowner should also perform the ritual to report to the ancestors. Only then can you start moving your belongings into the house.
- The homeowner and everyone in the house need to pay respects to the ancestors and Deities.
- Pregnant women should not move into the new home. However, if they want to move in, the homeowner needs to buy a new broom and have the pregnant woman sweep through the belongings and the new house to be moved into.
- If there is a household helper, make sure that they do not belong to the Tiger zodiac sign when moving into the new house.
4. Simple Housewarming Ritual, Entry Blessing Script
Depending on the ancestors or deities, whether it's an apartment or a house, there will be different housewarming invocation templates.
4.1. Entry Blessing for a Rented New Home
Namo Amitabha Buddha! (3 times)
We respectfully pay homage to our ancestors...
Today is the... day of... month..., year...
Our family and members who have just moved here are:...
We earnestly prepare solemn offerings, with betel leaves, areca nuts, fragrant flowers, and incense, offering them respectfully before the ancestral altar. Thanks to the blessings of our ancestors, the divine beings, our grandparents, and parents, we have moved to our new home.
We bow to our ancestors, grandparents, and relatives, asking them to accept our offerings, bless and protect us, grant us prosperity, and ensure peace and health for our family. We solemnly perform the ceremony with sincere devotion, bowing before the altar, seeking divine protection and blessings.
Namo Amitabha Buddha! (3 times)
4.2. Entry Blessing for Land Property
* Blessing Ritual for the New Home and Ancestors
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
We pay homage to our ancestors and grandparents.
Today is the ... day of .... month, .... year.
Our family, along with all members, has moved to the following address: ..............................................
Arranging the ancestral altar, preparing solemn offerings, placed before the ancestral tablets in reverence to our ancestors. With the blessings of our ancestors, grandparents, and parents, we have established our new home, completed the construction, chosen an auspicious date, and set up the altar solemnly, with offerings and incense.
We bow to our ancestors, grandparents, and all departed souls, pleading for their mercy, bearing witness to our sincerity, granting divine blessings upon us. May they protect and support us, bring prosperity and happiness to our family, and ensure peace and prosperity for generations to come.
Guiding spirits, we deeply acknowledge your blessings.
We humbly seek your divine witness of our sincerity.
Attention!
* Ritual for the Earth Deity for the New Home
Namo Amitabha Buddha! (3 times)
We pay homage to: The Heavenly Queen Mother Earth Deity.
We beseech the local deities to govern this area.
Today, on the auspicious day of ... month ... year ..., according to the lunar calendar.
I, the petitioner, reside at: ...
We earnestly arrange floral offerings and solemnly present them on the altar, before the esteemed presence of the Deities:
The divine spirits, wise and just, holding the triad throne, wielding the power of creation, embodying the filial piety of heaven and earth, safeguarding the people, protecting the spirits, upholding righteousness.
Today, our family has completed the construction, selected an auspicious day to move in, kindled the household fire, offered solemn prayers, beseeching the Celestial Deities for blessings, ensuring the security and prosperity of our family, abundant fortune. Each individual will always enjoy peace and prosperity, entering and exiting with happiness. We bow in gratitude to the benevolent and compassionate high spirits, seeking their protection and guidance.
The homeowner will again invite the ancestral spirits, the guardian spirits of this house and land, to come here to witness the Celestial Deities, receiving offerings, blessing the homeowner with prosperity and security. May the four seasons be evergreen, with no limitation, and the eight festivals bring favorable responses.
With heartfelt sincerity, we humbly seek divine confirmation.
Attention!
4.3. Ritual for a New Apartment
* Invocation Ritual with Divine Spirits for Moving In
Namo Amitabha Buddha! (recite 3 times)
I respectfully bow to the nine celestial regions and the ten directions of Buddhas. I pay homage to the Heavenly Emperor and all revered deities.
I humbly bow to the Earth Deity, the Household Guardian, and all divine beings governing this land.
My name is: .........................., born in the year of (for example: Metal Rooster 1981,...)
On this auspicious day, the date ....... month.... year.... (corresponding to the lunar calendar date ....... month.... year....), I prepare offerings, placing fragrant fruits and betel leaves before the altar, offering my sincere reverence to the divine beings:
O Divine Beings,
Wise and just,
Guardians of the three realms,
With the power to create and sustain,
Exemplifying virtues and filial piety,
Protectors of the people,
Upholders of righteousness.
Our family has just moved into apartment number ...., floor ...., building .... of the condominium. Today, everything is completed satisfactorily, every task fulfilled. Having chosen an auspicious day, we humbly seek the presence of divine beings to accept our offerings, allowing us to settle into our new apartment and then establish a sacred altar for worshipping the deities.
We also request the benevolent spirits to guide the ancestral spirits of our family to our new apartment for worship.
We pray for the confirmation of the divine beings, their grace, and blessings to support our family's prosperity, security, and peaceful living.
The petitioner also earnestly invites the faint spirits, the wandering souls with no place to reside around here, to partake in the offerings. May their protection facilitate successful endeavors, peaceful lives, familial harmony, and ward off misfortunes.
Though our offerings may be humble, our hearts are sincere. We bow in reverence, seeking confirmation from the divine beings.
A word of caution!
Namo Amitabha Buddha! (recited 3 times)
* Ancestor worship ritual
Namo Amitabha Buddha! (recited 3 times)
I humbly pay respects to the Ancestral Lineage... (the surname of our ancestors) PRESENT IN THE SUPREME REALM
I bow to the Nine Mysterious Ancestors, both paternal and maternal.
My name is ..... Today, on this auspicious day, the..... day of..... month..... year..... (corresponding to the date..... month..... year..... in the lunar calendar)
We have just moved into apartment number .... floor .... building .... condominium....
Through the blessings of our ancestors, our family has established this new residence. Today, we have prepared offerings, including flowers, fruits, incense, and betel leaves. With sincere hearts, we light incense to offer at the ancestral altar. Humbly, we beseech our ancestors and ancestral spirits to confirm their blessings, gather here to receive offerings, and bless our descendants with peace, harmony, prosperity, and good health.
We also request the presence of our ancestors in this apartment to continue receiving our respects and daily incense offerings, demonstrating filial piety from generations to generations.
With sincere offerings, we bow in reverence, earnestly seeking the confirmation and deep gratitude of our ancestors.
Attention!
Namo Amitabha Buddha! (recited 3 times)
Above, Mytour has provided comprehensive information regarding housewarming rituals, including offerings and prayers for the new home, as well as important points to note. We hope you prepare thoroughly, conduct the rituals smoothly, and receive blessings from the spirits and ancestors.
