Related folklore stories about Laba Festival
Laba Festival is a traditional festival with a history of thousands of years.It is celebrated on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month every year.There are many folk legends and stories about this festival, such as fighting ghosts with red beans, Zhu Yuanzhang being imprisoned to cook porridge, and commemorating Yue Fei.
Red Beans Fighting Ghosts
It is said that the Laba Festival comes from the custom of "Red Beans Fighting Ghosts".Legend has it that Zhuanxu, one of the five ancient emperors, turned into evil spirits after his three sons died, and came out to frighten the children.In ancient times, people generally believed in superstition, were afraid of ghosts and spirits, and believed that adults and children suffered strokes and poor health due to epidemic ghosts.These evil ghosts are not afraid of heaven and earth, they are only afraid of red (red) beans, so there is a saying that "red beans beat ghosts".Therefore, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, red bean and red bean are used to make porridge to dispel the epidemic and welcome auspiciousness.
Zhu Yuanzhang cooks porridge
Laba Festival is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (December) in the lunar calendar.Legend has its origin in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty.On a cold day, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was cold and hungry, found some seven or eight kinds of whole grains, such as red beans, rice, red dates, etc., from the mouse hole in the prison.Zhu Yuanzhang boiled these things into porridge.Because that day was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Yuanzhang euphemistically called this pot of miscellaneous grain porridge Laba porridge.Enjoyed a delicious meal.Later, Zhu Yuanzhang pacified the world and became emperor from north to south.In order to commemorate that special day in prison, he designated this day as Laba Festival, and officially named the miscellaneous grain porridge he ate that day as Laba porridge.
Commemorating Yue Fei
It is said that the Laba Festival comes from people’s nostalgia for the loyal minister Yue Fei.At that time, Yue Fei led his troops to fight against gold in Zhuxian Town, and it was the ninth severe winter.Victory and return.Today is the eighth day of December.After Yue Fei’s death, in order to commemorate him, the people made porridge with miscellaneous grains, beans and fruits on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which finally became a custom.
Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall
When Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, migrant workers from all over the world were ordered to come, and they could not go home for many years.For some migrant workers, their homes are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and food cannot be delivered, causing many migrant workers to starve to death on the Great Wall construction site.One year, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, migrant workers who had no food to eat together accumulated several handfuls of whole grains, put them in a pot and boiled them into porridge, each of them drank a bowl, and finally died of starvation under the Great Wall.In order to mourn the migrant workers who died of starvation at the Great Wall construction site, people eat "Laba porridge" every year on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to commemorate.
Hybrid porridge
It is said that the old couple lived a hard life, kept the family frugally, and saved a fortune, but the precious son was not up to the standard, and it was not virtuous to marry a daughter-in-law.He was about to lose his family business.On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the young couple was hungry and cold.Fortunately, the villagers and neighbors helped and cooked a pot of "hybrid porridge" mixed with rice, noodles, beans, vegetables, etc.It means:"Eat a mixed porridge and keep the lessons in mind." This porridge helped the young couple to get rid of their bad habits and walk on the right path.The popular custom of eating porridge in Laba is that people follow this lesson to warn future generations.
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