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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 was the same when the ancients passed 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 La Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw sacrifice at the end of the year, which means using the prey to worship ancestors and gods of heaven and earth to pray for the five years of the coming year to bring prosperity and peace to the whole family. There is a saying in “Records of the Grand Historian: The Qin Dynasty’s version of the Qin Dynasty 1960 witch cloth draw”: “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 La Festival is held is called “La DayBabaylan 1990 clothes draw“. 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 book “Order” clearly stated: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 the most important time in the end of the year. drawOne of the sacrificial activities to celebrate the harvest and pray for the blessings of ancestors and gods.
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, gourd gods, well gods, kitchen gods, earth gods, etc. It can also be seen that the names and objects of the “La Sacrifices” at that time were relatively complicated and there was no dedicated sacrificial object.
The customs of the La Sacrifices were followed by generations until the contemporary times. In Lu Xun’s short story “Blessings”, Lu Zhen’s year-end ceremony “Blessings” was “Blessings” Draw“, 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 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 the Laba Festival is closely related to the hunting habits of the ancients.
In ancient times, there was sufficient grain reserves and production capacity to allow everyone to spend the winter. In the winter at that time, it was cold and frozen, and it was impossible to produce food, and the food harvested before might not be enough to eat. Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw Therefore, hunting became winterBabaylan 1990 Cloth draw The necessary means of production.
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 La Day 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 custom of drinking Laba porridge was not used on Laba Festival, but the hunting style has always been in accordance with the Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw.
Laba was once a “carnival”
Feasting on Laday or Wax Day is an ancient style. In the pre-Qin period, this festival was 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 visited Shangyuan on Laba. On the cold day of Laba, there are only plum blossoms blooming alone in the snow and ice, and Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawShe insists on blooming all the flowers. Watching a spring scenery in winter, she wrote the “Cinema 1950 witch clothes draw”: “In the Ming Dynasty, I visited Shangyuan, and the spring was urgently heard. 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 you much, there are strange songs in the mountains.” During the season of Wax Day, I recite poems with wine, and my Cinema 1950 witch clothes draw is endless.
After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the La Day became more and more lively, and it also became the nature of purchasing New Year’s goods for the New Year. The poem “Da Wax” by Pei Xiu of Jin says: “The scales gather in the capital, and the trade is moved intertwined. The flowers chase each otherBabaylan 1990 clothes draw, 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 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) Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawThe temple was called “Laba”. Babaylan 1990 cloth drawDasha and other temples all set up five-flavor porridge, called Laba porridge.”
Meng Yuanlao of the Southern Song Dynasty recorded: “On the day of the capital, each family 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 month is the Waka day, gradually forming the main custom of drinking Laba porridge.Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw Laba Festival.
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 garlic, Laba vinegar, Laba 1990 cloth draw, Laba 1990 cloth draw, Laba 1990 cloth draw, Laba 1960 witch cloth draw, etc., making Laba Festival a food festival 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 “drinking laba porridgeBabaylan 1990 clothes drawEight porridgeKomiks 1960 witch cloth drawThe earlier the better”.
In the Song Dynasty, the Laba porridge cooked by monks and nuns in temples was also called “Buddha porridge”. The first one of the Buddha porridge was given to the donor, and the second one was to help the poor. After receiving the Buddha porridge, the donor would usually reply to Komiks 1960 witch cloth Draw gives some money for lamps and oil or donate other property. Su Dongpo’s so-called “the Buddha’s porridge is more given to each other in the morning” means this.
In the Qing Dynasty, for the purpose of “helping poverty”, monks in some places began to beg for alms to collect rice before the Laba Festival. According to the “Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw Yanqing County Chronicle” of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, in Yanqing, Beijing, “the monks raised rice along the gate in the early days. On that day, they made porridge and donated to the poor, and they were the same as others. “Many non-Buddhist families will also give porridge and do good deeds on the Laba Festival.
The Laba Festival customs at this time have shown some new changes in the festival customs based on the overall inheritance of past customs, mainly including making wax vinegar and wax wine, shaving children’s hair, and giving women Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw piercing ears and asking for names.
The customs of the Laba Festival have been deeply imprinted in the memory of the Chinese people. No matter how the years change, it still exudes a unique Cinema 1950 witch cloth The charm of draw brings new blessings and hopes.
How will you spend Laba Festival?
(Reference: Gan Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawSu 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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