Why do we have to offer sacrifices on Laba Festival? What are the traditions behind the Laba Festival sacrifices?
Introduction: Laba Festival is an important traditional festival in our country, and different days have different customs. So why do we have to hold sacrifices on Laba Festival? What are the traditions of Laba Festival sacrifices? The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as La Yue. Come to Shui Mo Xiansheng's website to learn about the relevant content of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018!Why do we have to offer sacrifices on Laba Festival? What are the traditions behind the Laba Festival sacrifices?Ying Shao's "Customs and Practice" said: "The "Book of Rites" says: La means hunting, which means hunting animals to sacrifice to their ancestors. Some say: La means connection, the connection between the new and the old, so a big sacrifice is held to repay the merits." Its origin is very early. "The Book of Rites: Suburban Sacrifices" records: "Yi Ji was the first to hold the La festival. La means to ask for something. In the twelfth month of the year, all things are gathered and asked for a feast." "Records of the Grand Historian: Supplement to the Annals of the Three Sovereigns" also said: "Emperor Yan Shennong was the first to do farm work, so he held the La sacrifice to repay the heaven and the earth." In the Xia Dynasty, the La Day sacrifice was called "Jiaping", in the Yin Dynasty it was called "Qingsi", in the Zhou Dynasty it was called "Dala", and in the Han Dynasty it was changed to "La".There are eight objects of worship: Shennong, the first god of farming; Houji, the god of farming; the god of field officials; the god of posts and fields, the person who first built farm houses, opened roads, and drew boundaries; the cat and tiger gods; the god of dikes and embankments; the god of water ditches; and the god of insects. In the Pre-Qin Dynasty, the La Festival was on the third Xu day after the winter solstice. After the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was gradually fixed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. In the Tang and Song dynasties, this festival was given an overtone of deity and Buddha. According to legend, before Sakyamuni became a Buddha, he abstained from desire and practiced asceticism until he fainted from hunger. A shepherdess mixed grains with wild fruits and cooked porridge with spring water to wake him up. Sakyamuni meditated hard under the Bodhi tree and finally attained enlightenment and became a Buddha on December 8th. From then on, Buddhism designated this day as "Buddha's Enlightenment Day", and people recited sutras to commemorate it, and it became a festival. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, worshiping gods and Buddhas replaced ancestor worship, celebrating the harvest and warding off epidemics and disasters and became the main theme of Laba Festival. The main customs of the festival are to cook, give away and taste Laba porridge, and hold celebrations to celebrate the harvest. At the same time, many families have begun the preparations for the Spring Festival, busying themselves with slaughtering the New Year pig, making tofu, making wind-dried fish and bacon, and purchasing New Year goods. The atmosphere of the "New Year" gradually becomes stronger. 2018 Lunar Laba Festival Date:Sunday, January 13, 2019 (the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the Year of the Dog, 5 days away from the Laba Festival in the lunar calendar of 2018)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 and good luck. 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. |
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