What is Laba Festival? What is the origin of Laba Festival?
Introduction: In the blink of an eye, the new year is approaching, and the Laba Festival before the new year is an important festival. So what is Laba Festival? What is the origin of Laba Festival? The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is approaching, and the twelfth month of the lunar calendar special topic on the Fortune Teller website has prepared a lot of information about the twelfth month of the lunar calendar for you to check out.What is Laba Festival?The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is called "Laba Festival". December is customarily called "La Yue" in Shanxi. "La" was originally the name of a sacrifice in ancient times. "Fengsu Tong" records: "In the Xia Dynasty, it 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. La means hunting. People hunt animals in the fields to sacrifice to their ancestors." This kind of La sacrifice ceremony is often held at the turn of the old and new years, usually in December, so people call December "La Yue". But the specific day is not fixed. It is the third Xu day after the winter solstice. "Shuowen Jiezi·Rou Bu" records: "La, three days after the winter solstice, is the day for offering sacrifices to all gods." It is inconvenient to calculate it year by year, so during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month was designated as the La festival day. "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji" records: "December 8th is the La Day." The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month has become the date of the last twelfth lunar month in folk tradition, abbreviated as "Laba".What is the origin of Laba Festival?Laba Festival was originally a sacrificial ceremony in ancient times to celebrate the harvest and thank 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, the custom of beating drums in the twelfth lunar month to drive away epidemics still remains in areas such as Xinhua, Hunan. 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. In the Pre-Qin Dynasty, Lari was on the third Xu day after the winter solstice. It was not until the Northern and Southern Dynasties that it was fixed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.Summary: The above content is about [What is Laba Festival? What is the origin of Laba Festival? 】Problem analysis, hope it can help everyone! |
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