What festivals are there in the twelfth lunar month? Are there many festivals in the twelfth lunar month?
If we were to ask which month has the most festivals, it would probably be the twelfth lunar month. There are more festivals in the twelfth lunar month than in ordinary months, so let’s take a look at all the festivals in the twelfth lunar month. Shui Mo Xiansheng website has carefully compiled detailed information about the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018. If you want to know about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, please come to Shui Mo Xiansheng website!What festivals are there in the twelfth lunar month?1. Laba Festival Laba Festival, commonly known as "Laba", is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The ancients had the tradition of worshiping their ancestors and gods and praying for a good harvest. In some areas, there is a custom of drinking Laba porridge. According to legend, this day is the day when Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment, and is called the "Dharma Treasure Festival", which is one of the grand festivals in Buddhism. 2. According to legend, the Tail-Gong Festival is an activity to worship the God of Land (Fude Zhengshen). This festival is mainly popular in the southeast coast, especially in Fujian and Taiwan. The first, fifteenth, second or sixteenth day of each month is the day to worship the God of Land, which is called "Zuoya". The first tooth-holding ceremony is on February 2nd, which is called "the first tooth"; the one on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month is the last tooth-holding ceremony, so it is called "the last tooth". 3. The Kitchen God Festival falls on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, also known as the "Little New Year", which is the traditional day for folks to worship the Kitchen God. There is a traditional folk custom that "men do not worship the moon, and women do not worship the Kitchen God", so worshiping the Kitchen God is limited to men. Among China's traditional folk gods, the Kitchen God is one of the oldest. The Kitchen God had already become a traditional folk god revered in the Xia Dynasty. Since the Zhou Dynasty, the imperial palace has included the worship of the Kitchen God in its sacrificial ceremonies, established rules for the worship of the Kitchen God throughout the country, and it has become a fixed ritual.What are the customs of these festivals?1. Drink Laba porridge on Laba Festival . There is a custom of eating Laba porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is also called seven-treasure and five-flavor porridge. The history of drinking Laba porridge in my country has been more than one thousand years. It first started in the Song Dynasty. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, people from the imperial court, government offices, temples and ordinary households all make Laba porridge. By the Qing Dynasty, the custom of drinking Laba porridge became even more popular. In the palace, the emperor, empress, princes, etc. would give Laba porridge to civil and military ministers, attendants and palace maids, and distribute rice, fruits, etc. to various temples for the monks to eat. In the folks, every household also makes Laba porridge to worship their ancestors; at the same time, the family gathers together to eat it and give gifts to relatives and friends. 2. On the day of the Tail-Gong Festival , people burn money to worship the God of Land, and also set up a bench in front of the door, offer five-flavor bowls, burn sutra clothes and silver paper to worship the God of the Foundation (the worship of the foundation of the house). All businesses and companies also have to host banquets to reward their employees for their hard work over the past year. In the past, if a boss did not plan to renew an employee's contract for the following year, he would point a chicken head at the employee during a banquet, implying the intention to fire him. However, this custom has gradually disappeared. In addition to the year-end dinner that has become increasingly popular in recent years, according to traditional customs, the whole family gathers together to "eat the year-end dinner." The main foods are runbing and gua bao. Runbing is made by wrapping bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, garlic, dried eggs, tiger moss, peanut powder, tomato sauce and other ingredients in a roll-like skin. The food stuffed in the gua bao includes pork belly, pickles, dried bamboo shoots, coriander, peanut powder, etc., which are all delicious local foods. 3. Kitchen God Festival During the Qing Dynasty, the ritual of worshiping the kitchen god became much more grand. Late at night on the 23rd day of the lunar year, poles were erected in the courtyard and sky lanterns were hung. The offerings to the Kitchen God include soup, rice, sugar melons and cakes, while the offerings to the divine horse include fried beans with fragrant dregs and a bowl of clear water. All the men in the family worship in a posture, while the women "hang robes" for the stove indoors. After the whole family has finished offering sacrifices, they take down the statue of the god and burn it together with the divine horse, thousands of gold ingots, etc., which means that "the Kitchen God has gone to heaven." |
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