How did Laba Festival come? Why there is Laba

it's another year's Laba Festival. It's the day to get round, to drink Laba porridge and eat Laba garlic. How does Laba Festival come? Why is Laba? Come and have a look with Xiaobian.

since ancient times, Laba has been used to offer sacrifices to ancestors and gods (including door gods, household gods, house gods, kitchen gods and well gods), praying for a good harvest and good luck. Because it is held in December, it is called the twelfth month, and the day of sacrificial rites is called the twelfth day.

On the third day after the winter solstice, the first day of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, Buddhism was introduced into China. In order to expand its influence in the local area, Laba Festival was designated as the day of Buddha's Taoism by the traditional culture of the society. Later, with the prevalence of Buddhism, Buddha's Daocheng day and Lara day were integrated, which was called "magic treasure Festival" in the field of Buddhism. It was only fixed on the eighth day of the twelfth month at the beginning of the northern and Southern Dynasties.

Why Laba:

There is a great relationship between the "wax sacrifice" of the pre Qin Dynasty and the sayings of Laba and Laba. In that era of civilization and grass-roots creation, in order to eat, agricultural production was the top priority. It is said that since Shennong or Emperor Yao, the ancient king, began to sacrifice wax in December at the end of the year to repay the protection of the God of agriculture.