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As the saying goes, “Laba is the New Year”, Babaylan 1990 cloth drawBabaylan 1990 cloth draw The atmosphere of the New Year has gradually become stronger since 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 know less about 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 see how the ancients 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 wax festival is heldBabaylan 1990 cloth draw is called “Wa href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan 1990 cloth drawday”, HanThe Dai La Festival is on the third day of the Xu Dynasty in December every year, and later generations are gradually fixed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Yong’s book “Duduanjue” clearly pointed out: “La is the end of the year.” Large-scale sacrificial activities in the twelfth lunar month have become a custom at that time. “Salvation for hundreds of gods” has also become one of the most important sacrifice 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 the “Five Sacrifice Gods”, including sacrifices to the door gods, the Hokage Gods, the Well Gods, the Kitchen Gods, the Earth Gods, etc. It can also be seen from this that the names and objects of the “La Festival” at that time were relatively complicated and there was no dedicated sacrificial object.
The customs of the La Festival 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 custom was originally hunting
In the early days of the emergence of Chinese characters Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, many characters with similar shapes and meanings were indistinguishable. The three words “wax”, “la” and “hunting” come from the same origin. In fact, the initial appearance of Laba Festival is closely related to the hunting habits of the ancients.
In ancient times, unlike now, there were sufficient grain reserves and production capacity to allow everyone to spend the winter. It was cold and cold in winter at that time, and it was impossible to produce food, and the food I had harvested before might not be enough to eat. Therefore, hunting has become a necessary means of production in winter.
The “Common Meaning of the Common Meanings” by Ying Shao from the Eastern Han Dynasty recorded: “La means hunting, hunting animals in fields and worshiping ancestors.” It means that people hunt on La Day and use prey to worship ancestors. The meat that cannot be eaten at this time will be preserved by 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 have the custom of drinking Laba porridge, but the hunting trend has been following.
Laba was onceBabaylan 1990 cloth drawA “carnival”
Feasting on wax or wax day is the 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 I am not sure about the joy 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 blooming alone in the snow and ice, but she Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw insists that all flowers bloom together. In winter, she wrote the “La Day Execution of the Imperial Examination to Shangyuan”: “Walking in Shangyuan in the Ming Dynasty Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, and the spring is 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 in this festival. His poem “Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawWaste Day” says: “I sing you, how much is it in the wine? I can’t tell much, there are strange songs in the mountains.” During the wax day, I recite poems with wine, and the joy 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 the Jin Dynasty says: “The scales gather in the capital, and the trade is moved in a row. 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. By the Song Dynasty, Laba porridge officially appeared in the stage. “Dream of Lianglu” records: “On the eighth month of this month (December) the temple was called ‘Laba’. Dasha and other temples all have five flavor porridge, called LabaKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw porridge. ”
The “District of Tokyo MenghuaBabaylan 1990 clothes draw” in the Southern Song Dynasty: “The people of the capital also cooked porridge with fruits and miscellaneous materials and ate it. ” After that, Laba porridge became popular all the time, and locals followed suit. The eighth day of the December 12th month was gradually formed. The Laba Festival gradually formed the Laba Festival, which is the main custom of drinking Laba porridge.
Laba porridge is mainly made of fragrant valley and fruits, and is full of five flavors, so it is also called “Five Flavor Porridge”. After evolution and development, the methods and materials of Laba porridge are more colorful, and Laba porridge in various places have their own characteristics. In addition, Laba porridge has evolved from Laba porridge, Laba garlic, Laba vinegar, Laba noodles, Laba tofu, etc., making Laba 1990 cloth draw the Babaylan 1990 cloth draw the Babaylan becomes a food festival with health care as the theme.
Laba Festival is also 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”.Komiks 1960 witch clothes draw. The Buddha porridge was given to the donor, and the second was to help the poor. After receiving the Buddha porridge, the donor usually give back some money for oil or other property. Su Dongpo said that “the Buddha porridge is more gifted to each other in the morning” meant this.Komiks 1960 witch clothes draw
In the Qing Dynasty, the donor came out of Cinema 1950 witch clothes For the purpose of “helping poverty”, monks in some places began to beg for alms before the Laba Festival. According to the “Yanqing County Chronicle” of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, in Beijing, Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, “In the early days, monks raised rice along the gate. On that day, they made porridge and donated to the poor, and 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, piercing women’s ears, and asking 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 charm of Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, bringing new blessings and hopes.
How will you spend Laba Festival?
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