When is Laba Festival in 2019? What are the taboos of Laba Festival?

When is Laba Festival in 2019? What are the taboos of Laba Festival?
Introduction: Laba Festival is an important traditional festival in our country, and there are many taboos and customs of Laba Festival. So when is Laba Festival in 2019, and what are the taboos of Laba Festival? The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is the last month of the year, commonly known as the end of the year. Follow Shuimoxiansheng.com and take a look at the contents of the lunar calendar for December 2018.

When is Laba Festival in 2019?

The date of Laba Festival in 2018 in the lunar calendar is:
Sunday, January 13, 2019 (the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the Year of the Dog, nine 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.
The month at the end of the year is called "La", which has three meanings: one is that "La means connection", implying the alternation of the old and the new (recorded in "Book of Sui·Rituals"); the second is that "La is the same as hunting", referring to hunting to obtain animals for offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods, and "La" is written on the side of "meat", which means using meat for "winter sacrifice"; the third is that "La is to drive away epidemics and welcome spring." Laba Festival is also known as "Buddha's Enlightenment Festival" or "Enlightenment Meeting". In fact, it can be said that the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the origin of Laba Day.

What are the taboos of Laba Festival?

Don’t go back to your parents’ home on Laba Festival <br /> According to the old saying, there are always a few days in a year when married daughters cannot go back to their parents’ home. It is said to be a taboo and has its own rules.
Since the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the first taboo day is Laba. Going back to your mother's home on Laba Day will bring bad luck to your mother-in-law, as she will die lying prone in a hundred years. Another saying goes: "If you don't eat rice from your mother's home on Laba Festival, your ancestors will not be able to pay it back", which means that your family will become poor.
Some even believe that you cannot spend the twelfth lunar month at your parents’ home on the 8th, 18th, and 28th.
Eat Laba porridge before noon <br /> The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is called Laba in folk customs, and the "New Year atmosphere" becomes increasingly strong after that. The custom of eating Laba porridge on Laba Festival has a history of thousands of years in my country and has a unique origin.
Regarding the habit of eating Laba porridge, there is a taboo in some places, that is, eating Laba porridge before noon. Every year, people start cooking Laba porridge the night before Laba Festival and eat it the next morning. If they cannot finish it, they can share it with relatives, friends, and neighbors, but not after noon. There is a saying that goes "Eat porridge early and the harvest will come early next year."

Points to note when eating Laba porridge on Laba Festival:

Laba porridge should also be nutritionally balanced <br /> Don’t always drink porridge for three meals. This mistake is often made by the elderly. Drinking porridge in moderation is indeed beneficial, but you should not drink it every meal. Porridge is a liquid food and is less nutritionally sound than the same volume of rice. Moreover, the porridge is not very filling. You feel full when you eat it, but you are hungry again soon. If things go on like this for a long time, the elderly will suffer from malnutrition due to insufficient energy and nutrient intake. Therefore, when drinking porridge, you should also pay attention to balanced nutrition. Cooking the porridge thicker, pairing it with some meat dishes, or eating some snacks between meals can all replenish energy.
People with indigestion should soak and cook more porridge <br /> People with indigestion should use less soybeans, black beans, etc., because beans are difficult to digest. You can add more glutinous rice for warming the body and brown rice for nourishing the stomach. All ingredients should be fully soaked before cooking and cooked for a longer time to make the Laba porridge softer and easier to digest.
Diabetic patients control sugar intake <br /> The Laba porridge for diabetics is just the opposite. Do not add glutinous rice and white rice, let alone sugar. It is advisable to use oats and barley to increase the viscosity, and more than half of the beans should be put in to help control the rate of blood sugar rise.

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