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What month is the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month?

The 27th day of the twelfth lunar month in 2023 is 65438+2023 10/8.

December in lunar calendar is another name for the end of December. As for "La", there are records of "Roufu" and "Vera" in Zhouyi and Zhou Li, and the original meaning of "La" is "dried meat". 1There are many names at the end of February, among which the most familiar is the nickname of "twelfth month". This month's weather is most suitable for air-drying to make bacon, so it is called "twelfth lunar month".

At the end of the year,1February is a month with more sacrifices, because it is in the transition period of the old and the new. As early as the pre-Qin period, it was convenient for some places in China to hold "year-end sacrifices" in this new and old alternate month. Because December has another name for "twelfth month" and "winter", the sacrificial activities held this month are called "La Worship". In ancient times, the moon had many nicknames, each with a different meaning.

Festival development

The twelfth lunar month is the end of the year, and it is also a cold winter. As the saying goes, the cloud is as cold as its words. At this time, the winter market has passed, so it is said that the custom of making bacon in the twelfth lunar month is the remains of the ancient twelfth lunar month, and the "preserved flavor" is the authentic food of the twelfth lunar month. The west wind kills the dryness of the sky. People make all kinds of meat into new year's dishes after salting it with salt or sauce. Because it is dry, it is called bacon. Secondly, wax is a general term for hunting, La Worship is also a hunting sacrifice, and La Worship means hunting animals and offering sacrifices to ancestors.

In the pre-Qin period, this month at the end of the year was the month of big sacrifices. December of the lunar calendar is the end of the year. In ancient times, people pickled bacon or went out hunting during the slack season. One is to get more New Year's food, and the other is to sacrifice wild animals to ancestors and gods, praying for longevity and avoiding disasters. There are many traditional folk customs in the twelfth lunar month. The twelfth lunar month is another name for the month from mild cold to severe cold at the end of the year. Since the promotion of the lunar calendar, people have often called the twelfth lunar month.