Why do people say "After Laba, it's New Year"? Is Laba Festival the Little New Year?
Introduction: Laba Festival is an important traditional festival, and Laba Festival is very close to the New Year. So why do people say "After Laba Festival, it is the New Year", is Laba Festival the Little New Year? Want to know more about the auspicious and inauspicious days in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018? Pay attention to Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic on the twelfth month of the lunar calendar!Why do people say “After Laba Festival, it’s the New Year”?The sentence before this one was: Children, don’t be greedy, because after Laba Festival it will be the New Year. Among the folks, there is a saying that "drink Laba porridge for a few days, and it will be the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month". After the Little New Year on the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, it is completely "Spring Festival time".Laba is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year. After Laba, most families begin to prepare for the New Year. The festive atmosphere becomes stronger and stronger, with activities such as worshiping the kitchen god, sweeping the house, frying rice cakes, slaughtering pigs and sheep, writing Spring Festival couplets, etc. These preparations before the New Year take some time, and by the time all preparations are completed, the New Year will have arrived. Therefore, since the theme of Laba is the same as that of the Spring Festival, it is derived from the ancient customs of worshiping gods and praying for a good harvest, and the time is close to the Spring Festival, there is a saying that "after Laba it is the New Year". Is Laba Festival the Little New Year?no.But the relationship between Laba and the New Year is probably so close that there is a saying: After Laba comes the New Year. Laba is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year, while Xiaonian does not refer to a specific festival. Due to local customs, the festivals called Xiaonian are also different. In the north it is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, in the south it is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions both call "the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month" and "the night before New Year's Eve" the "Little New Year", in Nanjing area calls the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month the "Little New Year", in some areas of Yunnan it is the 16th day of the first lunar month, and in some ethnic minority areas in the southwest and north it is New Year's Eve. Brief analysis of Laba Festival:Since ancient times, Laba Festival has been a sacrificial ceremony for worshiping ancestors and gods (including door gods, household gods, house gods, kitchen gods, and well gods) to pray for a good harvest and good luck. According to the "Book of Rites: Suburban Sacrifices", the La Festival is "in the twelfth month of the year, when all things are gathered together and offered a feast." The La Day was called "Jiaping" in the Xia Dynasty, "Qingsi" in the Shang Dynasty and "Dala" in the Zhou Dynasty; because it was held in December, that month was called the La Month and the day of the La Festival was called the La Day. In the pre-Qin period, Laba Festival was on the third Xu day after the winter solstice. Later, when Buddhism was introduced, in order to expand its influence in the local area, it attached to traditional culture and designated Laba Festival as the day of Buddha's enlightenment. Later, as Buddhism became popular, the Buddha's Enlightenment Day was merged with the La Festival, and it was called the "Dharma Treasure Festival" in the Buddhist field. It was not until the Northern and Southern Dynasties that it was fixed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month."Shuowen Jiezi" records: "On the third Xu day after the winter solstice, sacrifices are offered to all gods." It can be seen that the third Xu day after the winter solstice was once the La Day. Later, due to the intervention of Buddhism, the La Day was changed to the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it has become a custom since then. |
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