Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival
Writer: Hengfeng you electric Time:2022-01-10 views:times
Laba Festival, that is, the 8th day of December of the Chinese lunar calendar, is also known as "magic weapon Festival", "Buddha Chengdao Festival", "Chengdao society" and so on. It was originally a Buddhist festival to commemorate the completion of Sakyamuni Buddha, and later gradually became a Chinese folk festival.
Laba porridge, also known as "seven treasures and five flavors porridge", "Buddha porridge" and "everyone's rice", is a kind of porridge made of various ingredients. Laba porridge was first recorded in Chinese Song Dynasty. Wu Zimu's menglianglu of the Southern Song Dynasty contains: "on the eighth day of this month, the temple is called Laba. Temples such as Dasha set up Wuwei porridge, called Laba porridge." China has a history of drinking Laba porridge for more than a thousand years. On Laba day, Laba porridge is made in the imperial government, temples and people's homes. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of drinking Laba porridge was even more popular.