Is Laba a festival or a solar term? What day is Laba for Buddha?
Laba Festival, which falls on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year, is a traditional festival in my country. Want to know more about Laba? After the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, it is the new year, so we must make full preparations before the new year arrives. Click on Mr. Shui Mo's website to learn more about the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2021.Is Laba a festival or a solar term?Laba is a festival, not a solar term.Laba Festival is also known as the Dharma Treasure Festival, the Buddha's Enlightenment Festival, and the Enlightenment Meeting. It was originally a Buddhist festival to commemorate the Buddha's enlightenment. Later, it gradually became a folk festival in my country and a typical northern festival. In northern my country, there is a saying that goes "Children, don't be greedy, because after Laba Festival it will be the New Year." Celebrating Laba Festival means the beginning of the New Year. Every Laba Festival, people in the northern part of China are busy peeling garlic to make vinegar, pickling Laba garlic, and eating Laba noodles and Laba porridge. What day is Laba for Buddha?Laba Festival is a Buddhist festival to commemorate the enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha, who is also the founder of Buddhism."Laba" was originally a Buddhist festival. After evolution through generations, it gradually became a well-known folk festival. Its most important custom is drinking Laba porridge. According to Buddhist records, before Sakyamuni attained enlightenment, he practiced asceticism for many years until he became emaciated. He then realized that asceticism was not the ultimate way to liberation, and decided to give it up. At this time, he met a shepherdess who presented him with gruel. After eating it, his strength was restored. He sat under the Bodhi tree and meditated. On December 8th, he achieved enlightenment. To commemorate this event, Buddhists hold a ceremony on this day and cook porridge with rice and fruits to offer to the Buddha. It is recorded in "Dreams of the Southern Song Dynasty" by Wu Zimu of the Southern Song Dynasty: "The eighth day of this month is called Laba in temples. Large temples all prepare porridge with five flavors, which is called Laba porridge." Since Buddhism was introduced to China, temples have made porridge with fragrant grains and fruits and presented it to disciples and believers. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, various temples hold ceremonies, imitating the story of the shepherdess offering gruel to the Buddha before his enlightenment. They use fragrant grains and fruits to cook porridge as an offering to the Buddha, which is called Laba porridge. It is said that after drinking this kind of porridge, one can get the blessing of Buddha. Therefore, Laba porridge is also called "Longevity and Fortune Porridge", "Blessed Virtue Porridge", and "Buddha Porridge". Therefore, the custom of drinking Laba porridge was established on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and Laba as a festival has been passed down in our country. Do you want to know your own Bazi? Want to figure out where your golden marriage is? Click on the [Premium Calculation] below to calculate your horoscope and fortune! |
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