Why is Laba Festival so important but not in the 24 solar terms?

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

Laba Festival, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, is also called Laba Festival, Laba Festival, the day of enlightenment of Marquis or Buddha. It turns out that in ancient times, people celebrated the harvest and thanked their ancestors and gods. In addition to offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods, people must also drive away epidemics. 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. Later it evolved into a religious festival to commemorate the enlightenment of Buddha Sakyamuni. Why did the Xia Dynasty call La Ri? Jiaping? What was the Shang Dynasty? Qing dynasty? , Zhou dynasty? 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.

Legend 1: Laba Festival is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (December), which originated in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. It is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang was in trouble and suffering in prison, he was cold and hungry. Zhu Yuanzhang actually dug up some seven or eight kinds of miscellaneous grains such as red beans, rice and red dates from the mouse hole in prison. Zhu Yuanzhang cooked these things into porridge. Because it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Yuanzhang called this pot of miscellaneous grains porridge Laba porridge. I enjoyed a delicious meal. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang pacified the world and became the emperor facing south. In order to commemorate that special day in prison, he designated it as Laba Festival and officially named the miscellaneous grains porridge he ate that day Laba porridge.

Legend 2: The founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, was originally the son of Sudoku King in northern ancient India (now Nepal). He saw that all living beings were suffering from physical illness, disease and death. He was dissatisfied with the theocratic rule of Brahmins at that time and gave up the throne and became a monk. After six years of asceticism, he became a Buddha under the bodhi tree on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. In the past six years, I have only eaten one hemp and one meter a day. Later generations did not forget his sufferings and ate porridge as a souvenir on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year.

? Rabbah? so this is it？ Buddha's Enlightenment Day? . ? Rabbah? This is a grand festival of Buddhism. Before liberation, Buddhist baths and chanting were held in Buddhist temples all over the country, and the legendary story of a herder offering chyle before Sakyamuni became a monk was imitated, and porridge was offered to the Buddha with fragrant valleys and fruits. Laba porridge? . Laba porridge was presented to disciples and kind men and women, and later became a folk custom. It is said that in some monasteries, before the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, monks would hold alms bowls along the street and cook the collected rice, chestnuts, dates, nuts and other materials into Laba porridge and distribute it to the poor. Legend has it that eating it can get the blessing of Buddha, so the poor call it? Buddha porridge? .