What is the date of Laba Festival in the lunar calendar of 2018? What food should we eat on Laba Festival?
The customs of Laba Festival vary from place to place. Some places eat Laba garlic, some places eat "five beans", so what do we eat on Laba Festival? What is the date of Laba Festival in the lunar calendar of 2018? The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is also known as the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, or the wax month. Visit Mr. Shui Mo's website to learn more about the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018.What is the date of Laba Festival in the lunar calendar of 2018?December 8, 2018 (Lunar calendar)January 13, 2019, Sunday, Capricorn (solar calendar) 【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】 Pray for blessings, get married, move, bring in wealth, move into a new home, install a bed and make a stove, accept marriage proposals, build houses, fast and offer sacrifices, take up a post, seek offspring, erect pillars, raise beams, plant crops, bring in livestock, catch animals, and go to school. [Today’s taboos in the almanac] Repairing graves, burials, opening warehouses, drilling, traveling, breaking ground on meridians and opening businesses. Laba Festival is also known as the Laba Festival, Laba Festival, Wanghou La or Buddha's Enlightenment Day. It turned out to be a sacrificial ceremony in ancient times to celebrate the harvest and thank the ancestors and gods (including door gods, household gods, house gods, kitchen gods and well gods). In addition to the activities of worshiping ancestors and gods, people also had to drive away the epidemic. This activity originated from the ancient Nuo (an ancient ritual to drive away ghosts and avoid epidemics). One of the medical methods in prehistoric times was to exorcise ghosts and cure diseases. The custom of beating drums to drive away epidemics in the twelfth lunar month, as a witchcraft activity, still exists in Xinhua, Hunan and other areas. Later it evolved into a religious festival to commemorate the Buddha Shakyamuni's enlightenment. The La Festival was called "Jiaping" in the Xia Dynasty, "Qingsi" in the Shang Dynasty and "Dala" in the Zhou Dynasty. Because it was held in December, the month was called Layue and the day of the La Festival was called Lari. What traditional food is eaten during Laba Festival?1. Laba porridge There is a custom of eating Laba porridge on the eighth day of the eighth 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. Cook five beans In some places, the porridge cooked during Laba Festival is not called "Laba porridge" but called "five beans". Some cook it on the day of Laba Festival, while others cook it on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month. People also knead some "sparrow heads" with dough and cook them together with rice and beans (five kinds of beans). 3. Laba vinegar Laba vinegar, a traditional Laba Festival custom. In northern China, there is a custom of soaking garlic in vinegar on the Laba Day, which is called "Laba vinegar". Laba vinegar should be soaked until the first day of the New Year. When eating dumplings on the first day of the New Year, you should eat vegetarian dumplings, which means a clean and vegetarian year. Dipping them in Laba vinegar has a special flavor. "Laba Vinegar" not only tastes authentic, but also lasts for a long time. 4. Laba Garlic In northern China, when the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month arrives, the atmosphere of the New Year becomes more and more festive. In most parts of North China, there is a custom of pickling garlic in vinegar on this day, which is called Laba Garlic. Laba garlic is pickled garlic on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. It is a custom in the north, especially in North China. The ingredients are vinegar and garlic cloves. 5. Eating ice: The day before Laba Festival, people usually use steel basins to scoop water to freeze it. When Laba Festival comes, they take the ice out of the basins and break it into pieces. It is said that the ice on this day is magical and eating it will prevent stomachache for the next year. 6. Laba Tofu Laba Tofu is one of the traditional folk snacks in Yi County, Anhui Province, and a festival food custom. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month before the Spring Festival, every household will dry tofu. People call this dried tofu "Laba tofu". 7. Laba noodles are seasonal food for Laba Festival. A traditional noodle food, popular in the Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province. In Chengcheng area around Weibei area of Shaanxi Province, people generally do not drink porridge on Laba Festival. Instead, every household eats a bowl of Laba noodles on the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year. |
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