Is Laba Festival a festival or a solar term? Is Laba Festival a solar term?

1, Laba Festival is a festival, not a solar term. Laba is a folk festival. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is not within the 24 solar terms.

2. Laba Festival The Laba Festival on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is also called Laba Festival, Laba Festival, Wanghoula or Buddhism Day. It turns out that in ancient times, in addition to the activities of offering sacrifices to ancestors and worshipping gods, people also had to chase the epidemic in order to celebrate the harvest and thank ancestors and gods. This activity originated from ancient Nuo. One of the prehistoric medical methods was to exorcise ghosts and treat diseases. As a witchcraft activity, Xinhua and other places in Hunan still retain the custom of beating drums to drive away epidemics in the twelfth lunar month. Religious festivals after evolution. The Xia dynasty called Lari "Jiaping", the Shang dynasty called it "moss" and the Zhou dynasty called it "big wax". Because it is held in December, it is called the twelfth lunar month, and La Worship is called the twelfth lunar month. The twelfth lunar month in the pre-Qin period was the third day after the establishment of the winter solstice, and it was fixed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.