"Kids, don't be hungry
After the eighth is the year."
Today is the eighth day of the first month of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar
Commonly known as "Lapa Ba"
It is the first festival of the Waxing Moon
Lapa Bajie
Lapa Ba, worship the ancestors of the gods
The Lapa Festival originates from the ancient "Lap Day"
There was no fixed date for the "Lap Day" in the early days
Usually in the last few days of the year
The earliest Zhou Dynasty had "Eight La"
Zhou Dynasty called "wax"
The eight festivals of the first month of the waxing moon are eight gods
Pray for a smooth wind and rain in the coming year
Cai Yong of the Eastern Han Dynasty said in "Dictatorship"
"The Waxer, the Great Sacrifice at the End of the Year, the Feast of the People"
Northern Qi poet Wei Shuo
In the cold winter, when the gods are worshipped with everyone
Feel it
Wrote a poem called "Lajie"
Condensed cold and clear, there is a wine feast Jiaping.
Su Xin is what he said, so as to comfort the heart.
Just 20 words
He wrote about the cold earth and the mid-winter season of the nine
People put meat and wine on the table to worship the hundred gods
Thank you for the blessings of the hundred gods
The waxing moon at the handover of the new old place
People earnestly and reverently worship ancestors and gods
One meal at a time, one move at a time
They all hold the people
Ordinary and solemn life expectations
Lapa Poetry
Laba inspired the minds of the literati
It may be the weather and warmth this year
Perhaps with a wish in his heart, Du Fu wrote:
The daily warmth of the wax is still far away, and this year's wax day is completely eliminated.
Encroaching on the snow color is also grass, leaking spring light with wicker.
Indulging in alcohol to seek a good night of drunkenness, he returned home to the Zichen Dynasty.
Lipstick noodle medicine with grace, green pipe silver popping under the nine xiao.
More poets are homesick on this day
For example, Zhang Qi in the Song Dynasty
Watching the geese in the sky fall into the memories of their hometown:
Dongzhou meets the snow, but remembers Lingmei.
The passers-by are far away, and the geese at the end of the world want to return.
The eaves are white, and the edge moss is also lit.
For a long time, no one has ever been, who knows the wine glass.
Probably the warm winter sun ironing people's hearts
Or the sweet porridge aroma is refreshing
Let the Song Dynasty poet Lu You write
The wind of the waxing moon and the intention have been spring, and the time has been scattered by my neighbors.
In the grass smoke desert firewood gate, cattle trails are on the wild waterfront.
The only thing necessary for many diseases is medicine, and the poor department is idle.
Nowadays, the Buddhist porridge is fed together, and it is even more aware of the new festivals in Jiangcun.
Although it is still a winter day of waxing moon
But between warm porridge gifts
It's hard to feel
The warm spring mood grows
Lapa Eight Diet
Laba porridge
The Festival has a history of more than 1,000 years
Lapa eight arrives, and the porridge is fragrant
This day
China's folk have the custom and tradition of boiling la ba porridge to eat
Before the popularity of Laba porridge
Folk have the habit of eating red bean porridge on the winter solstice to ward off evil spirits and avoid epidemics
It is also believed that drinking porridge in winter can ensure safety
From the court to the homes of ordinary people
Laba porridge is always unforgettable
Shen Congwen wrote in "Laba Porridge":
Put millet, rice beans, dates, chestnuts, sugar
Peanut kernels merge together
Come and cook into a pot
Let it boil in the pot with a sigh
Just look at its sigh
Smell that fragrance
That's enough to swallow more than three mouthfuls of spit
Not to mention
Large bowls are filled in large bowls
Spoon and spoon into your mouth
There are a lot of lapa porridge
Dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds...
More than twenty kinds of ingredients are used for the delicate preparation
Washing rice, soaking fruit, peeling, pitting, fine picking...
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, he began to work
It was done early in the morning
Full of sweetness condensed with industriousness
Lapa garlic
After removing the old skin
Dip the purple garlic in rice vinegar
Seal the altar mouth to the Chinese New Year's Eve and then unseal it
Azure emerald green, garlic spicy vinegar flavor of la ba garlic
Can be made as a cold dish can be served with dumplings
The Spring Festival of northerners is indispensable to it
Lapa Tofu
In Yi County, Anhui
Each household cuts the tofu into chunks
Smear with salt water and dig a small hole in the middle
Steamed and dried in the sun to make "Lapa Tofu"
In ancient times, hui merchants went out for a year
This tofu is a souvenir of the wanderer and his hometown
Lapa eats ice
In some parts of Qinghai
The customs of Laba are very hardcore
People came to the riverbed before dawn
Bring crystalline ice cubes to keep at home
Some are not afraid of cold teeth and frozen tongue
Also eat a few pieces of ice belly
Only to adjust the wind and rain smoothly, eliminate diseases and disasters
"After the eighth is the year"
Although this season is on the "three-nine cold day"
But with the aroma of Laba porridge
The taste of the year is also getting stronger day by day
People started getting busy
Buy New Year paintings, couplets, colored lanterns, firecrackers, incense candles, etc
Preparations for the Spring Festival
Folk proverbs are there
"Little one, little one, don't cry
After Lapa Eight, kill the pigs."
"Lapa Ba, Lapa Ba."
Kids want cannons
Girls want flowers."
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, don't be hungry."
and other statements
Wait until the twenty-third day of the waxing moon
The little year is over
Various celebrations of the Spring Festival
It will get better
People are completely immersed
In the festive atmosphere of welcoming the New Year
Every household sweeps the courtyard and slaughters pigs and sheep
Wanderers who are wandering outside return home
Reunite with loved ones who are leaning on
Talk together
Outside the window was cold wind and heavy snow
The home is warm
No matter how late
There is a bowl of warm porridge waiting for you
Remember to go home early
Source | China Education Daily, Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily
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