The origin and custom of Laba Festival How did Laba Festival come about in 2022?

1, Laba Festival is on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the custom is to "drink Laba porridge". Laba Festival is one of the grand festivals in Buddhism. Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, looked at the stars at night and became a Buddha at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month. The eighth day of December is the day when Sakyamuni became a Buddha, which is also called "Magic Weapon Festival", "Buddha Festival" and "Enlightenment Meeting". In order not to forget the suffering of the Buddha before he became a Buddha, but also to commemorate the Buddha's enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, ancient Indians ate mixed porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month as a commemoration. Since Buddhism was introduced to China, temples have cooked porridge with fragrant valleys and fruits and distributed it to believers and loyal men and women. On the day of Laba, Buddhist ceremonies were held in various monasteries, just like the story of a shepherdess offering chyle before becoming a monk. She cooked porridge with torreya grandis and fruits for the Buddha and named it Laba porridge. 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 has gradually become a current festival.

2, eat Laba porridge: The biggest custom of Laba Festival is to eat Laba porridge, because it is said that everyone will mix eight kinds of cereals together to cook porridge, such as rice, mung beans, red beans and so on. And the cooked porridge should be distributed to the surrounding neighbors before noon. In ancient times, some wealthy families would cook Laba porridge and give it to people around them, so as to accumulate virtue and do good deeds, hoping for a good return in the future.

3. Eating ice cubes: In some areas in the north, Laba also has the custom of eating ice cubes. People will put a bowl of clear water on the day before Laba, and the water in the bowl will freeze the next day, so the family will eat this bowl of ice. The origin of this custom is also said. People used to think that eating ice on Laba would not hurt their stomachs for a whole year. Of course, this statement has no scientific basis and is even unreasonable. Some people think that this is just the ancients urging people to work hard and reminding future generations of the importance of food, otherwise they will have to eat ice.