What day of the week is Laba Festival in 2018? What to eat on Laba Festival?
Laba Festival is one of my country's traditional festivals. There are various customs and activities on Laba Festival. So what day is Laba Festival in 2018? Most traditional festivals are concentrated in the twelfth lunar month, when people celebrate the harvest of the past year in the cold winter and look forward to good luck in the coming year. What festivals are there in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar? The Fortune Teller website’s special feature on the twelfth month of the lunar calendar will help you learn more.What day of the week is Laba Festival in 2018?January 24, 2018, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Wednesday <br /> Laba Festival, commonly known as "Laba", refers to the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (December). Laba Festival is a festival for worshiping ancestors and gods and praying for a good harvest and good fortune. It is also called "Buddha's Enlightenment Day" because it is said that this day is the day when the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree and founded Buddhism, which is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.In China, there is a custom of drinking Laba porridge and soaking Laba garlic on Laba Festival. In Henan and other places, Laba porridge is also called "Da Jia Fan". It is a festival food custom to commemorate the national hero Yue Fei. The twelfth lunar month is the end of the year. In ancient times, people had nothing to do during the farming season, so they went out hunting. One is to get more food to make up for the shortage of grain, and the other is to use the hunted wild animals to sacrifice to ancestors and gods, pray for blessings and longevity, avoid disasters and welcome good luck. There are three reasons why the last month of the year is called "La": one is that "La means to connect", which implies the alternation of the old and the new (recorded in "Book of Sui·Rituals"); the second is that "La means hunting", which refers 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 means to drive away epidemics and welcome spring", and Laba Festival is also called "Buddha's Enlightenment Festival", also known as "Enlightenment Meeting", in fact it can be said that the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the origin of La Day. It is said that the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, practiced meditation in the mountains for six years. He was so thin and hungry that he wanted to give up this suffering. He happened to meet a shepherdess who gave him gruel. After eating, he sat cross-legged under a bodhi tree. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, he attained enlightenment and became a Buddha. In order to commemorate this, the "Buddha Enlightenment Festival" was established. Out of piety, Chinese believers merged it with the "La Day" to form the "Laba Festival", and also held grand ceremonial activities. What to eat on Laba Festival?During the Laba Festival, the historical legends of Laba passed down from place to place vary, and the food eaten on Laba also varies greatly, but most of them are Laba porridge, Laba garlic, ice, Laba tofu, Laba noodles, etc. The following are the origins of Laba food.Laba Garlic <br /> Pickling Laba Garlic is a custom in the north, especially in North China. As the name suggests, garlic is pickled on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. In fact, the ingredients are very simple, just vinegar and garlic cloves. The method is also extremely simple. Put the peeled garlic cloves into a sealable jar, bottle or other container, then pour in vinegar, seal the mouth and put it in a cold place. Slowly, the garlic soaked in vinegar will turn green, and finally become emerald green all over, like emerald jade. Eating ice <br /> The day before Laba, people usually scoop water into ice in a steel basin, and then on Laba Day, they take the ice out of the basin 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. |
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