The origin and custom of Laba Festival

Laba Festival, also known as Lari Festival, Bala Festival and Wanghoula Festival, is an ancient ritual ceremony to thank ancestors and gods and celebrate the harvest. Because it was held in December, it was called the twelfth lunar month in La Worship, Jiaping in Xia Dynasty, Jiaping in Xia Dynasty and "Qing Si, Da Wax, and now it is the twelfth lunar month" in Shang Dynasty. The twelfth lunar month was changed to the eighth day of December, and it has become a custom since then.

Customs of Laba Festival:

The custom of Laba Festival is to drink Laba porridge. As the saying goes, "La Qi Ba La freezes the chin", so on Laba Festival, every household drinks Laba porridge to prevent the chin from being frozen off. About the origin of Laba porridge, it is generally believed that it originated from Buddhism, so Laba porridge is also called "Buddha porridge", and some people also call Laba porridge "windbreak porridge". It is said that drinking this porridge can keep out the cold.