What is the festival time and custom of Laba Festival? Introduction to the time and customs of Laba Festival.

1, the Laba Festival in 2022 is 65438+ 10/0 (Monday), and the lunar calendar is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Every year, the 1 1 month and1February of the lunar calendar are called the cold winter month, and the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (that is, 65438+February 8 of the lunar calendar) is called Laba for short, which has been derived from Laba Festival.

2. Cooking Laba porridge and drinking Laba porridge are the most important customs. Laba porridge, also known as "Qibao Wuwei porridge" and "Fushou porridge", is made from various grains such as fruits, beans and rice. The materials used vary from region to region. According to taste, there are sweet and salty. In some areas, there is also the custom of offering sacrifices with Laba porridge. Buddhism uses Laba porridge to offer Buddha; Some temples also cook laba porridge for believers.

Laba was originally a day of sacrifice, and this custom still exists in some places. The objects of sacrifice are: Shennong, Shensi, Hou Ji, Nong Shen, Tianguan, Postal Desk God, Taoist Painting God, Cat and Tiger God, Workshop God, Water God, Insect God and so on. Later, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the elements of offering sacrifices to the Buddha were incorporated, and Buddhism used to offer sacrifices to the Buddha on this day. Some areas are very magnificent.

It is said that after eating this day's ice, you won't have a stomachache for a year. The day before, people used steel pots to scoop water into ice, and then smashed the ice into pieces on Laba Festival.