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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 the first “big thing” 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 celebrated 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, they will use prey to worship ancestors and heavenly gods. The earthly gods are praying for the harvest and peace of the 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 Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw, 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 La Festival is heldBabaylan 1990 clothes draw is called “La Day”. The La Festival in the Han Dynasty was on the third Xu day of December each year, and later generations gradually fixed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Yong’s “Order”Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw clearly states: “La is the end 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 in the coming year. 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 of “La Sacrifices” at that time There are more complex objects and there is no dedicated sacrificial object.
The customs of La Festival are followed by generations, until the present. In Lu Xun’s short story “Blessings”, the “Blessings” in Lu Town’s year-end ceremony, a series of pre-New Year sacrificial activities are the inheritance of the ancient La Festival.
The custom of Laba was originally hunting
In the early days of the emergence of Chinese characters, many characters with similar meanings were inseparable. For example, the three characters “wax”, “la” and “hunting” came from the same origin. In fact, the original appearance of Laba Festival is closely related to the hunting habits of ancient people. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw can be divided.
In ancient times, there were sufficient grain reserves and production capacity to allow everyone to spend the winter. At that time, the winter of Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw was cold in winter, and it was impossible to produce food, and the food harvested before might not be enough. Therefore, hunting became a necessary means of production in winter.
Ying Shao, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, recorded: “Lar means hunting, hunting animals in fields and worshiping ancestors. “It means that people hunt on the day of the Wakama and use prey to worship their ancestors. The meat that cannot be eaten at this time will be preserved in air-dried, marinated, etc. 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 exist. DrawThe custom of drinking Laba porridge is the hunting trend that 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?” He replied, “Everyone in a country is like crazy, but he is not known to give me.'” Zi Gong (Duanmu Ci) expressed his discomfort to “Everyone is like crazy” after visiting the “Wax Festival”. 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 visited Shangyuan on Laba. On the cold day of Laba, there are only plum blossoms left alone in the snow and ice. Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, but she insists on blooming all the flowers. Watching a spring scenery in winter, she wrote the “La Day Execution of the Imperial Examination to Shangyuan”: “In the Ming Dynasty, Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawI was eager to announce 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 so much, how much is it in the wine? I can’t tell much, there are strange songs in Zhangshan. “In the season of 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 Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw was also available for the New Year.1990 cloth drawNature of New Year’s goods. The poem “Da Wax” by Pei Xiu of Jin says: “The scales gather in the capital, and the trade is moved in a staggered manner. The flowers chase each other and turn the sleeves 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 buy, which shows that the “Shopping Festival” at the end of the year 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. “Dream of Mirage” records: “On the eighth day of this month (December) Babaylan 1990 cloth draw On the eighth day of this month, 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 materials. “After that, Laba porridge became popular, and all regions followed suit, and Cinema 1950 witch clothes The eighth is the Laba Day, and the Laba Festival is gradually formed, with the main custom of drinking Laba porridge.
WarwaCinema 1950 witch cloth drawEight porridges are mainly made of fragrant valleys and fruits. They are all full of five flavors, so they are also called “Five Flavors Porridge”. After evolution and development, the method of making Laba porridge Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw and the ingredients are more colorful. Laba porridge in various places Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawThey all have their own characteristics. In addition, Laba porridge has evolved from Laba garlic, Laba vinegar, Laba noodles, Laba tofu, etc., making Laba Festival a food festival with health care as the theme.
Laba Festival is alsoKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw is regarded as a “charity day”
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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 helped the poor. 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 “helping poverty”, monks in some places began to beg 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 donated to the poor, and were the same as others.” Many non-Buddhist families would also give porridge and do good deeds on the Laba Festival.
The Laba Festival customs at this time also showed some new changes in the festival customs based on the overall inheritance of previous 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 unique charm and brings new blessings and hopes.
How will you spend Laba Festival?
(Reference Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw Information: Gansu Daily, Inner Mongolia Daily, Dazhong Daily, Wenhui Daily, CCTV News, People’s Daily, Beijing Daily Client, Guangzhou Daily, Guangming.com, China News Network, etc.)
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