What are the festival customs of Laba Festival, and what are the festival customs of Laba Festival

The customs of Laba are as follows:1. Laba noodles.

In some places in northern China where rice is not produced or is low, people do not eat laba porridge.

Instead, they eat laba noodles. The next day, the noodles are rolled out with various fruits and vegetables, and the whole family eats Laba noodles on the morning of the eighth day of the lunar month.

2. Laba porridge.

Laba porridge is also called "Qibao five-flavor porridge". The history of drinking laba porridge in China has been more than 1,000 years. It first began in the Song Dynasty. Every Laba day, whether it is the imperial court, the government, the temple or the Li people's homes, they have to make Laba porridge.

3. Laba garlic.

Laba garlic is soaked on the eighth day of the lunar month, which is in the north, especially in North China.

a custom. The ingredients are vinegar and garlic cloves.

The customs of Laba Festival include eating Laba porridge, eating Laba tofu, eating Laba noodles, eating Laba garlic, eating ice, sacrificing, eating Laba beans, eating wheat kernel rice, and eating churning dough.

Laba Festival, commonly known as Laba, that is, the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, the ancients had the tradition of sacrificing ancestors and gods, praying for a good harvest, and some areas have the custom of drinking Laba porridge.

1. Drink laba porridge.

Cooking and drinking laba porridge is the most important custom. Laba porridge is also called "Qibao five-flavor porridge" and "Fushou porridge", which is made from many kinds of melons and fruits, beans, rice and other grains. The materials used vary from region to region.

Depending on the taste, there are also sweet and salty flavors. In some areas, there is also the custom of sacrificing with Laba porridge; Buddhism offers Laba porridge to the Buddha; Some temples also cook laba porridge and distribute it to believers.

2. Sacrifice. Laba was originally a day of sacrifice, and this custom is still preserved in some places. The objects of sacrifice include:

The god of Shennong, the god of Si and the god of Houji, the god of agriculture and the god of Tianguan, the god of the postal table, the man who opened the road and drew the boundary, the god of cats and tigers, the god of Fang, the god of Shuiyong, the god of insects, etc. Later, the Tang and Song dynasties incorporated the element of worshiping the Buddha, and Buddhism used to worship the Buddha on this day. It's grand in some areas.

3. Eat ice. It is said that if you eat the ice on this day, you will not have a stomachache for a year.

4. Soak laba garlic.

Beijing, most of North China still have the custom of soaking Laba garlic on this day, Laba garlic is the garlic soaked in vinegar, with purple garlic and rice vinegar, the old skin of the garlic clove is removed, immersed in rice vinegar, put into a small jar and put it in a cold place, until the garlic turns green.

5. Make laba tofu.

The folk customs of Qianxian County, Anhui Province are local flavor specialties, and the homemade tofu can be dried for later consumption.

6. Eat laba noodles.

Local traditional noodles, popular in the Guanzhong area of Shaanxi, in the Chengcheng area of Weibei in Shaanxi Province, Laba Festival generally does not drink porridge, every year on the eighth morning of the lunar month, every household has to eat a bowl of Laba noodles.

The festival customs of Laba Festival are as follows:

1. Sacrifice. Since the pre-Qin period, the Laba Festival has the custom of sacrificing ancestors and gods and praying for a good harvest and auspiciousness. Moreover, Laba Festival is also the day of Shakyamuni's enlightenment and is a festival for Buddhists.

Therefore, on the day of the Laba Festival, worshiping the gods, worshiping the Buddha, and sacrificing to the ancestors, there is a good omen to pray for the protection of the gods, Buddhas, and ancestors.

2. Drink laba porridge.

Laba porridge, also known as "Qibao Five-Flavor Porridge", "Buddha Porridge", "Everyone's Rice", etc., is a kind of porridge made from a variety of ingredients. The custom of drinking Laba porridge during the Laba Festival is in Buddhism. The eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar is the day of the Buddha's enlightenment, and the ancient Indians in order not to forget the suffering suffered by the Buddha before his enlightenment, and also to commemorate the Buddha's enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth month, they ate mixed porridge on this day to commemorate.

Since Buddhism was introduced to China, various monasteries have made porridge from fragrant grains and fruits to give to disciples and good men and women. In the Song Dynasty, the folk gradually formed the custom of boiling porridge and drinking porridge on the day of "Laba", and it continues to this day.

3. Laba vinegar and laba garlic.

In northern China, there is a custom of soaking garlic in vinegar on the day of Laba, which is called "Laba vinegar". Laba vinegar, to soak until the first day of the new year, eat dumplings on the first day of the new year, to eat vegetarian dumplings, take a year of vegetarian and clean meaning, dip Laba vinegar to eat a different taste. "Laba vinegar" not only tastes mellow, but also does not go bad for a long time.

In fact, Laba garlic is homophonic with "Laba calculation", which means that the account is settled on the eighth day of the lunar month. The family calculates the income and expenditure, profit and loss of the year clearly, and is ready to repay the debt.

4. Eat ice. The day before Laba, people generally use steel basins to scoop water to freeze, and when Laba Festival arrives, they will remove the ice and break the ice into pieces. It is said that the ice on this day is amazing, and you won't have a stomachache after eating it for a year.

5. Laba tofu.

In the Yixian area of Anhui Province, every household has to dry tofu on the eighth day of the lunar month, and the folk call this dried tofu "Laba tofu".

The production method is to make tofu with high-quality yellow soybeans, and cut into round or square pieces, then smear with salt water, dig a small hole in the middle of the upper part, put in an appropriate amount of salt, and slowly roast and dry under the mild winter sun, so that the salt is gradually inhaled, and the water is gradually dried, that is, Laba tofu. The color of the finished product is yellow and smooth like jade, the entrance is soft, the taste is salty and sweet, fragrant and fresh.

The customs of Laba Festival include drinking Laba porridge, eating Laba noodles, eating Laba tofu, and making sacrifices.

Every year on the day of Laba Festival, there is a custom of drinking Laba porridge, and the history of drinking Laba porridge in China has been more than 1,000 years. The main ingredients for making Laba porridge are millet, corn, red dates, peanuts, longan, etc., and Laba porridge is salty and sweet according to the taste.

The custom of eating laba noodles is usually more common in northern China, where some areas produce less rice, so they all eat laba noodles. Around the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, every household has to dry tofu, and the folk call this naturally dried tofu Laba tofu. Laba is originally a day of sacrifice, and there are still such customs in some places.

Every day on this day, they will worship the gods and pray to the gods to bless the harvest in the coming year.

Laba Festival taboo

There is also a taboo in some places for the habit of eating Laba porridge, that is, eating Laba state Duan doudou porridge is not noon. Laba porridge is made every year on the night before Laba Festival, but it has to wait until the next morning to eat. If you can't finish eating, you can share it with relatives and friends to eat in the neighbors, but you can't eat it past noon, there is a saying called early porridge and early harvest of food in the coming year.

On the day of Laba Festival, there is a custom that married daughters cannot return to their parents' homes. The daughter-in-law has returned to her parents' house on Laba Festival, which will be very unfavorable to her mother-in-law. There is a popular folk song that sings like this, Laba Ran does not eat his mother's rice, and his ancestors can't afford to pay it back for generations.