What is the significance of Laba Festival?

The slight cold is over, and the great cold is not far away! The arrival of the Great Cold, the last solar term in the 24 solar terms, indicates that the lunar calendar will really end in 2020. It also means that our Spring Festival holiday is not far away. Prior to this, there were not only solar terms in the Great Cold, but also Laba Festival, the last traditional festival of the Lunar New Year. So, what is the significance of Laba Festival? Let's have a look!

The moral of Laba Festival

The moral of Laba Festival is to pray for a good harvest and sacrifice to ancestors. Laba Festival on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is one of the grand festivals of Buddhism.

Legend has it that drinking this porridge can get the blessing of the Buddha. So Laba porridge is also called "Fushou porridge", "Fude porridge" and "Buddha porridge". "Laba" was originally a Buddhist festival. After several generations of evolution, it gradually became a household name.

Han Yingshao's Customs: "Jiaping, Qingsi, Zhou La, Han Gai La. In the pre-Qin period, some places in our country had the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods (including door gods, household gods, house gods, kitchen gods and well gods) in the twelfth lunar month, hoping for a bumper harvest and good luck. Those who wax and hunt say that they hunt animals in the fields to sacrifice to their ancestors. "

In the north of China, there are

"Son, don't be greedy, it's the year after Laba", which means the beginning of a new year. Every Laba Festival, the northern region is busy peeling garlic to make vinegar, soaking Laba garlic and eating Laba porridge. Laba is rarely mentioned in the south, and Laba Festival is a typical northern festival.