What festival is Laba Festival?

Laba Festival, that is, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, is also called "Magic Weapon Festival", "Buddhist Enlightenment Festival" and "Enlightenment Meeting". Originally a Buddhist festival to commemorate the enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha, it gradually became a folk festival.

Laba Festival is also commonly known as Laba, that is, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Since ancient times, Laba Festival has been a festival to worship ancestors and gods. At first, Laba Festival was in the middle of the old customs, that is, the twelfth lunar month in La Worship. The ancients had a tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods and praying for a bumper harvest. In some areas, drinking Laba porridge is a custom.

Meaning of "La": When people say that "La is followed by others", it means the alternation of the old and the new (as recorded in the Book of Rites of Sui Shu).

Secondly, the saying that "wax hunters hunt together" means that animals can be obtained to sacrifice ancestors and gods when hunting in the wild. "wax" comes from "meat", which means "winter sacrifice" and has meat.

Thirdly, it is said that "those who wax the wax will drive away the epidemic and welcome the spring", and Laba Festival is also called "Buddhist Daoism Festival" and "Daoism Society". In fact, it can be said that the eighth day of December is the origin of Laba Festival.

Customs of Laba Festival:

Custom 1: Eat Laba porridge: Laba has the custom of eating Laba porridge on this day. Laba porridge is also called Qibao Wuwei porridge. China has been drinking Laba porridge for more than 1000 years. It first started in the Song Dynasty.

Custom 2: Brew Laba garlic.