When is Laba Festival in 2020? How to pass?
Speaking of Laba, nowadays people generally find it difficult to think of other customs except drinking Laba porridge and making Laba garlic. In the eyes of many people, the inconspicuous Laba Festival can hardly be considered a festival, and it does not even have a place in the debate of "whether to eat dumplings or noodles". However, this traditional festival, which seems to lack presence today, actually has a very prominent origin. Laba is the result of the confluence of two extremely important year-end festivals in ancient times, namely La Festival and La Festival, or more precisely, "La" and "La". These two festivals, which were close in time and similar in nature, were gradually merged into Lari, and Laba was later separated from Lari and became independent. The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is also known as the twelfth month, or the wax month. So what are the things to do and not to do in the twelfth month? Visit Shui Mo Xiansheng's website to learn more about the twelfth lunar month of 2019. So when is Laba Festival in 2020? How to pass? The editor will introduce it to you now!Question: What day is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in 2019?Answer: Laba Festival is on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the Gengxu day of the Yichou month in the Wuxu year (the year of the pig).Question: How do we celebrate Laba Festival?Answer: Every place has its own Laba customs. Here I will give you examples from several provinces.Guangdong Laba Festival is one of China's traditional festivals, and there is a custom of eating Laba porridge in various places. Famous temples such as Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou and Hanshan Temple in Suzhou still provide porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, but in Guangdong, the atmosphere of Laba Festival is very dull. Why don’t Guangdong people celebrate Laba Festival? This is related to the geographical location and the living habits of the Cantonese people since ancient times. In ancient times, the Lingnan water towns had not yet been developed, and the indigenous people's livelihood was not mainly based on farming. They made a living by catching shrimps and fish in the water. No one cultivated the beans and grains needed to make Laba porridge, so there was no custom of eating these things. Some people in Guangdong also celebrate Laba Festival, but mainly in the Pearl River Delta area. It is a custom brought by the Hakka people from the north, but the ingredients used to make Laba porridge are different. For example, millet and red dates are mostly used in the north, while glutinous rice, lilies, lotus seeds, etc. are mostly used in the south. In Daliusi Village, Longji Town, Longsheng Autonomous County, Guangxi , the local Panyao people have the custom of making glutinous rice cakes on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The local Yao people soak and steam the glutinous rice, then pound it into a paste in a stone trough, and then knead it into shape to make glutinous rice cakes. Ciba pastries are fragrant, glutinous and delicious, and are loved by local people. On the Laba Festival in Hunan , temples make porridge with fragrant grains and fruits to offer to Buddha, which is called Laba porridge and is popular among the people. In addition to eating Laba porridge, people in Changsha and other places also make Laba beans, which have become one of the home-cooked dishes. People in the countryside often cook Laba rice with glutinous rice, bacon, red dates, walnuts, etc. on this day. Laba beans are also best made on this day. There is also a proverb in Changsha that goes "When the La drum sounds, spring grass grows. When the La drum beats, farmers get excited", so the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is commonly known as "La Day". On this day, many people will worship their ancestors. They will first offer the cooked Laba porridge to their ancestors and then distribute it to their family members. The leftover Laba porridge is also kept and eaten for a few days as it is a good omen for “abundance every year”. Laba porridge in Changsha is generally sweet porridge, but the pickled Laba beans are basically salty. In southern Hunan and other places, there is a custom of eating and making fermented bean curd on Laba Festival. In Xinhua, Xiangxi and other places, there is a custom of beating drums on Laba Festival, which is called Qu Nuo, which means to drive away ghosts and avoid epidemics. The traditional Laba porridge in Fuzhou, Fujian has an interesting feature: a small lion made of several kinds of fruits is placed on the porridge to ward off evil spirits. In the past, people in Fuzhou usually started making Laba porridge on the night of the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, simmered it overnight, and the porridge was ready in the early morning of the next day. Some families will first carve the fruit into various shapes, the most interesting of which is making a "fruit lion". Remove the pits from crisp dates and dry them to make the lion's body, use half a walnut kernel as the lion's head, peach kernels as the lion's feet, and almonds as the lion's tail. Then use syrup to stick the various parts together and place them on the porridge. If the bowl is large, you can also place two lions to represent the meaning of "warding off evil and bringing good luck". In large temples, you can also see small figures of the Eight Immortals, Arhats, the God of Longevity, etc. made from colored foods such as jujube paste, bean paste, and hawthorn. After Laba porridge is cooked, it is first offered to gods and ancestors in the morning, and then given to relatives, friends and neighbors before noon. At the end the whole family shares the food, leaving some as a sign of “abundance every year.” In the coldest days of winter, drinking a bowl of steaming, sweet and delicious Laba porridge can drive away the cold and warm the stomach, which is also beneficial to human health. People in Nanchang , Jiangxi regard "Laba" as the prelude to the Chinese New Year. Starting from Laba Festival, every household starts preparing peanuts, melon seeds, pickled meat and other New Year’s goods. There is a saying among the people that “After eating Laba porridge, people begin to look forward to the new year.” “You don’t need to pick a good day for Laba, it brings good luck, fortune and longevity.” In Nanchang, Laba is also a traditional auspicious day. On this day, in addition to drinking "Laba porridge", people in Nanchang also often hold "Laba weddings" such as engagement, marrying a daughter-in-law, and marrying a daughter. In ancient times, the custom of the La Day included not only worshipping gods and ancestors, but also "Nuo". Nuo is a unique culture of Jiangxi Province, a ritual to drive away plague ghosts. According to historical records, performers usually wear masks to dress up as King Kong, Hercules, Fangxiang, etc., and hold knives and axes. Everyone beats drums and shouts to drive away evil spirits and diseases. This is also called La drum to drive away epidemics. Legend has it that it can keep children safe and healthy. Later, people changed the form of eating fried beans, fried wheat, etc. No matter beans or wheat, they had to be fried until cooked, and then let children eat some, which was called "biting ghosts". The editor has something to say: This Laba Festival, I hope someone will ask you if your porridge is warm, and I hope everyone in the world will be grateful. |
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