Laba Festival

Festivals: Laba
Festival hours: Lunar December Chuba
In China, the Lunar New Year in December also known as "La Yue" in December, Chuba called "Laba", also known as "La day." Laba is China's traditional festival of Han nationality, was also seen as a prelude to the Spring Festival.
According to records, Laba from the first ancient Chinese festival of Sumatra. China attaches importance to agriculture since ancient times, when agricultural production harvest, the ancients considered to be all things have gods help-you the results of the agricultural harvest celebration to be held in a grand ceremony to thank, known as "La festival." Prince Philip at the end of the festival, a feast to the ancient rural activities, with a new production of millet porridge Mi do, everyone dinner, to celebrate the festive season. Later, the wax festival develop into a family-oriented festival offerings. The 5th century, the Chinese government in December Chuba as Laba.
Buddhism came to China, people use Laba place for ancestral worship and the folk Chizhou, a new December Chuba is a Buddha, Sakyamuni, the legend of the story. To the effect that, before the Sakyamuni Buddha, has been self-cultivation for many years, Ede Gushouruchai, decided to give up Kuxing. Then he met a Munv, gave him milk rice porridge fill their stomachs. Fresh after his physical recovery, sitting in meditation under the bodhi tree, on December Chubawudao Buddha. To commemorate this matter, Buddhists have to Mega Guowuzhuzhou will worship Buddha, known as "La Bayu."
Chinese people drink La Bayu the history of 1,000 years, the first starts at the Song Dynasty (960-1279). At that time, every Laba this day, the imperial court, officials, monasteries have to do Laba Zhou. To the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), La Bayu drinking customs are prevalent. In the palace, the emperor, the Queen, Prince and so on to the Man Mo minister, thanks to La Bayu servants ladies, and the various temples of rice, fruit and other food for the monks. In private, every household should also Laba Zhou, worship their ancestors at the same time, the family reunion with consumption; neighbours are still friends and relatives among gifts, to show their blessings.
La Bayu the type of very rich. La Bayu emphasize traditional choice of eight Zhuliao, eight auxiliary materials, and Laba "8" in line, Yiyu Geely. Zhuliao to beans and rice main categories: a red beans, mung bean, cowpea, lentils, peas, broad bean, etc.; metres category are millet, rice, Huangmi, regular rice, glutinous rice, millet rice, wheat, oats, corn , Sorghum, and so on. Owner will be able to choose based on preferences and habits. La Bayu the materials, in the habit of peach preserve, Xingfu, walnut, Zaoni, chestnut, persimmon, melon seeds, lotus seeds, peanuts, hazelnut, pine nuts, pears stem, such as raisins inside choice.
Peiqi after the main materials used in casseroles, add water slowly to open fire on the boil, then boil cooked with sugar, roses, sweet osmanthus, and other spices. Laba Zhou Qi struggle in various parts of China Qiao Jing, wide variety. One of the most stress to Beijing, mix the rice in more items, such as red dates and lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pine nut, Guiyuan, hazelnut, grape, ginkgo, Lingjiao, Qingsi, roses, red beans, peanuts…… Total No fewer than 20 kinds. Layuechuqi people in the busy evening began, Ximi, foam fruit, expense Paper, to nuclear, refined sorting, and then began cooking in the middle of the night after midnight, and then-Huodun, has been stewing in the early morning the following day, La Bayu be boiled Well.
If the family is more stress, La Bayu special emphasis on the color, whatever the color of deep beans do not have to, just glutinous rice, Yimi, Lingjiao metres, lotus seeds for raw materials Aocheng meat porridge. Atherosclerosis of the white transparent texture, exquisite tableware in Sheng, is also pretty and tasty, not only color smell the United States, also auspicious symbol of Fushoushan, joyous harvest. Bingtianxuedi in the La Yue, a person Wai坐在餐桌旁, drinking sweet and delicious Laba Zhou, the Chinese people think that is very satisfactory beautiful thing. More particular about the people, but also first fruit carved into figures, animals and other shapes, and even Zaoni, bean paste, yam, Hawthorn cakes, and other colors of food, Niecheng myths and legends of the images. La Bazhou in the past that only the great temples for the table before we can see.
La Bayu Aohao after the first worship place for ancestral worship. After the gift to friends and relatives, must be sent out before noon, the family is the last human consumption. If the porridge given to poor people eat, it is for their own Ji-de. La Bayu eat leftovers, eat preserved there for a few days remaining, it is a good sign, comes "every year more than the" significance.

The two are old Beijing enjoy Laba Zhou.

Laba, in addition to boil Laba Zhou, there are people in northern China bubble "Laba garlic" habits. Housewives stripped of the garlic skin, on Tanzi Li, then Daoman rice vinegar, across from Laba Tanzi mouth that day, on a warm room, to the New Year's Eve night out to eat dumplings at再拿enjoy. Soaked Suanban a dark green color, like jade, like, coupled with the dark red rice vinegar, very good-looking, added a private banquet to reunite the festive mood.

Laba garlic bubble