Why can't Laba go back to her mother's house? Do you know these customs
4hw.com.cn: Laba is a very ancient traditional festival in China. In the customs of many regions, there is a saying that Laba can't go back to her mother's house, so why can't Laba go back to her mother's house? Let's have a look.
Why can't Laba go back to her mother's house
It is said that it is unlucky for her mother-in-law to go home on Laba day, so she can't go back to her mother's house. There are many folk customs, some of which have been remembered by few people, and some are still widely popular in some places. Many young people don't understand and think they are the dross of feudal superstition. For example, married girls can't go back to their mother's house many times. Watch the lamp of their mother's house and strike the root of their mother's house. Don't go back to their mother's house in spring, because 'spring' is bigger than 'Nian', otherwise they will be poor. You can't go to your mother's house on the Lantern Festival, 'you'll be poor all your life when you see your mother's lamp', and you can't spend the Qingming Festival, October 1, Lidong, Laba, and shujiu (winter solstice), such as' don't avoid Qingming and death of your father-in-law ',' don't avoid counting nine and death of two people ',' don't avoid Lidong and death of your father-in-law ', etc. A woman must spend a certain holiday in her husband's house. At least she can't go back to her mother's house at this time. Now many young couples are only children. They hope to be reunited with their families during the new year and festival. Therefore, someone proposed that they 'take turns to go to the man's house this year and the woman's house next year', which is considered to be a fair thing.
Laba Festival also has some other traditional customs
1. Sacrifice
There are eight sacrificial objects: the first stingy God Shennong, the Si stingy God Houji, the God of farming, the God of field officials, the God of postal table border, the person who created the field cottage, opened the road and delimited the boundary, the cat and Tiger God, the square God embankment, the water Yong God, the ditch and the insect God. The wax festival in the pre Qin Dynasty was on the third day after the winter solstice, and gradually fixed on the eighth day of the twelfth month after the northern and Southern Dynasties.
2. Eat Laba porridge
The patterns of Laba porridge in various parts of China are unique and varied. Among them, Beiping is the most exquisite. There are many items mixed in white rice, such as red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pine nuts, longan, hazelnuts, grapes, ginkgo, water chestnut, green silk, roses, red beans and peanuts & hellip& hellip; There are no less than twenty kinds in total. After the Laba porridge is cooked, we should worship the gods and ancestors first. After that, give gifts to relatives and friends. Be sure to send them out before noon. The last is for the whole family. The leftover Laba porridge, which has been preserved for a few days, is a good sign, taking its meaning of "surplus every year".
3. Eat ice
The day before Laba, people usually use steel basins to scoop water to freeze. When Laba Festival comes, they take off the basin of ice and knock the ice into pieces. It is said that the ice on this day is very magical. Eating it won't hurt your stomach in the next year.