(
课件网) Laba Festival 1. Origin 2. Legend 3. Laba Porridge 4. Laba Garlic C O N T E N T S 1. Origin In ancient times, wax referred to the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in winter after harvest. Because most of these sacrificial activities are held in December, December is called the wax month. There was no definite date for the initial wax offering. Some say it is a wax offering to eight gods. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month became a festival in later generations. Since the pre Qin Dynasty, the Laba Festival has been used to offer sacrifices to ancestors and gods and pray for a good harvest and good luck. In addition to the activities of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods, people also expel epidemic diseases. 2. Legend Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, practiced meditation in the mountains for six years. He was so skinny and hungry that he wanted to give up asceticism. Then he met a shepherdess and sent him chyle. After eating, he sat cross legged under the bodhi tree and became a Buddha on the eighth day of December. To commemorate the "Becoming Buddha Festival" . When Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, migrant workers from all over the world came under orders. They could not go home for many years, and their food was sent by their families. Some migrant workers, whose homes are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, can not deliver food, resulting in many migrant workers starving to death at the construction site of the Great Wall. One year, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the migrant workers without food accumulated several handfuls of miscellaneous grains, boiled them into porridge in a pot, drank a bowl each, and finally starved to death under the Great Wall. In order to mourn the migrant workers who died of starvation at the construction site of the Great Wall, people eat "Laba porridge" on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year. Laba Festival comes from people's memory of Yue Fei. Yue Fei led his troops to fight against people of Jin in Zhuxian Town. It was a severe winter. The clothes and food of Yue family's military were poor. The people there sent porridge one after another. The Yue family army had a big meal of "thousand porridge" sent by the people, and returned with great victory. It was the eighth day of December. Kite flying is also a favorite activity during the Qingming Festival. People even fly kites at night. Strings of colorful lanterns are tied to the tails of kites. Like twinkling stars, they are called "magic lamps". Traditions When spring ploughing and planting begin, it is said that the tug-of-war held during the Qingming Festival has the meaning of praying for a bumper harvest. Thus, emperors of all dynasties naturally attached great importance to it. Traditions Food 03 Special Food It is similar to the helmets of ancient military soldiers, weighing about 250-500g. It is wrapped with ... ...
