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As the saying goes, “Laba is the New Year”, the atmosphere of the New Year gradually becomes stronger from Laba. January 18, 2024 is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the Laba Festival in traditional Chinese culture. There are three “big things” to do today, drinking porridge, soaking garlic, and welcoming the New Year!
When talking about Laba, most people will think of Babaylan 1990 cloth draw‘s first “big event” to drink Laba porridge, but they may have less knowledge of the history behind it. Where did the customs of Laba Festival come from? In different historical periods, what were the differences between the ancients passing Laba? Let’s take a look at how the ancients Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw celebrate the Laba Festival!
Laba originated very early and is closely related to La Festival. Since the pre-Qin period, people will hold a wax festival at the end of the year, that is, use prey to worship ancestors and gods of heaven and earth, praying for a bumper harvest and peace for the whole family in the coming year. There is a saying in “Records of the Grand Historian: The Basic Annals of Qin”: “Twelve years, the first La.” It means that in the twelfth year of Qin Huiwenjun, the Qin State located in the west imitated the customs of the Central Plains and held the La Festival for the first time.
The day when the lamb festival is held is called “Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw. The time of the lamb festival in the Han Dynasty is on the third day of December of each year. Later generations gradually fixed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Yong’s book “Order” clearly stated in Babaylan 1990 cloth draw: “That is the grand sacrifice of the year. “Carrying large-scale sacrificial activities in the twelfth lunar month has become a customary custom at that time. “Salvation for hundreds of gods” has also become one of the most important sacrificial activities to celebrate the harvest and pray for ancestors and gods at the end of the year.
The Book of Rites·Monthly Orders” once recorded that the emperor at that time carried out sacrificial activities in the “commune” and prayed to the “Tianzong” for good weather. The objects they worshiped included ancestors and “Five Sacrifices”, including sacrifices to door gods, bene gods, well gods, kitchen gods, earth gods, etc. It can also be seen that the name and consent of “La Sacrifices” at that time were Cinema 1950 witch clothes Draw is quite complicated and does not have a dedicated sacrificial object. The customs of La Festivals have been passed down from generation to generation until the present. In Lu Xun’s short story “Blessings”, Lu Town’s year-end ceremony “Blessings” and a series of pre-New Year sacrificial activities are the inheritance of the ancient La Festival.
Laba customs were originally hunting
In the early days of the emergence of Chinese characters, many characters with similar meanings were inseparable. For example, the three words “wax”, “la” and “hunting” come from the same origin. In fact, the original appearance of Laba Festival was to fight with the ancients. Komiks 1960 witch clothes The habits of hunting are inseparable. In ancient times, there was not enough grain reserves and production capacity to allow everyone to spend the winter. In the winter, it was cold and the ground was frozen, and the food harvested before was not enough. Therefore, hunting became a necessary means of production in winter. “The General Meaning of the Customs” by Ying Shao, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, recorded in “The General Meaning of the People” in Komiks 1960 witch clothes draw: “Lan means hunting, hunting animals in the fields and worshipping ancestors. “It means that people hunt on walnut days and use prey to worship their ancestors. The meat that cannot be eaten at this time will be preserved by air-dried, Babaylan 1990 cloth draw to survive the cold winter. This is the origin of “bacon”.
It is worth mentioning that during the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Laba Festival did not have the custom of drinking Laba porridge, but the hunting style has been passed down.
Laba was once a “carnival”
Feasting on Laba or wax day is an ancient style. In the pre-Qin period, thisA festival is even a “carnival”. “The Book of Rites·Miscellaneous Notes” records: “Zi Gong looked at wax. Confucius said, ‘Is it a joy to give me?’ replied, ‘Everyone in a country is like crazy, and the joy to give me is not known.'” Zi Gong (Duanmu Ci) expressed his discomfort to “all like crazy”. Confucius said that it took you a year to nourish this day, and the truth is not something you can understand.
In the Tang Dynasty, Laba was very concerned about Laba from the folk to the palace. The main customs of the Laba Festival in the Tang Dynasty were boiling “medicine and food” and lighting lamps. In addition, on Laba Day, they will also hold hunting, gardening and other activities.
Wu Zetian once visited Shangyuan on LabaBabaylan 1990 cloth draw. On the cold day of Laba, Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw icy and snowy days, only the plum blossoms bloom alone, but she insisted on the blooming of flowers. When she saw a spring scenery in winter, she wrote “The Imperial Examination of the La Day to Shangyuan”: “In the Ming Dynasty, the fire was urgent to report the spring knowledge. Flowers must be released overnight, don’t wait for the morning breeze to blow.”
Tao Yuanming, the first pastoral poet in my country, had the greatest pleasure on this festival. His poem “Waste Day” says: “I sing you, how much is it in the wine. I can’t tell much, there are strange songs in Zhangshan.” During the wax day, I recite poems with wine, and there is endless joy.
After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the La Day became more and more lively, and there was also the nature of purchasing New Year’s goods for the New Year. The poem “Big Wax” by Pei Xiu of Jin is said: “The scales gather in the capital, and the trade is moved in a staggered manner. The flowers chase each other, and the sleeves turn into curtains. There are meat like a hill, wine like a spring. There are food like a forest, and goods like a mountain.”
There are so many things to doBabaylan 1990 clothes drawBuy by buying, it can be seen that the year-end “Shopping Festival” is originally a traditional festival in our country.
Laba porridge appeared in the Song Dynasty
Laba porridge began to emerge in the Tang Dynasty, but it was only limited to the Dunhuang region and did not become popular in the Central Plains region. By the Song Dynasty, Laba porridge officially appeared. “Menglianglu” records: “Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw On the eighth month of this month (December) the temple was called “Laba”. Dasha and other temples all had five flavor porridge, called Laba porridge.”
Meng Yuanlao of the Southern Song Dynasty recorded: “On the day of the capital, all families also cooked porridge with fruits and miscellaneous ingredients and ate it.” Since then, Laba porridge has become popular and has been imitated in various places, and the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is Laba porridge. The Laba Festival gradually formed, with drinking Laba porridge as the main custom.
Laba porridge is mainly made of fragrant valley and fruits, and is full of five flavors, so it is also called “five flavors porridge”. After evolution and development, the methods and ingredients of Laba porridge are more colorful, and Laba porridge in various places has its own characteristics. In addition, Laba porridge has evolved from Laba garlic, Laba vinegar, Laba noodles, and Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawLaba tofu, making Laba Festival a beauty with health care as the theme.
Laba Festival is also regarded as a “charity day”. The ancients would definitely make Laba porridge early, and it would catch fire before dawn of the eighth day. Some people started cooking on the evening of the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month to ensure that the porridge was cooked before dawn of the eighth day, because the ancients believed in the saying that “the sooner the Laba porridge, the better.”
In the Song Dynasty, the Laba porridge cooked by monks and nuns in temples was also called “Buddha porridge”. The Buddha porridge was given to the donor and the poor were helped.. After receiving the Buddha’s porridge, the donor will usually give back some money for lamps and oil or other property. This is what Su Dongpo said, “The Buddha’s porridge is more given to each other in the morning.”
In the Qing Dynasty, for the purpose of “Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw to help the poor”, monks in some places began begging for alms to recruit rice before the Laba Festival. According to the “Yanqing County Chronicle” of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, in Yanqing, Beijing, “Monks raised rice along the gate in the early days. On that day, they made porridge and gave it to the poor, and they were the same as others.” Many non-Buddhist families would also give porridge and do good deeds in the eight festivals of La Komiks 1960 witch clothes draw.
At this time, the Laba Festival customs of Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw are based on the overall inheritance of past customs, and also show some new changes in the festival customs, mainly including making wax vinegar and wax wine, shaving children’s hair, piercing women’s ears, and asking names.
The customs of Laba Festival have been deeply imprinted in the memory of Chinese people. No matter how time changes, it still exudes a unique charm, bringing new blessings and hopes to Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw. Babaylan 1990 cloth draw
How will you spend Laba Festival?
(References: Gansu Daily, Inner Mongolia Daily, Dazhong Daily, Wenhui Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw newspaper, Babaylan 1990 cloth draw CCTV News, People’s Daily, Beijing Daily Client, Guangzhou Daily, Guangming.com, China News Network, etc.)
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