Laba Festival, which is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, is also called the "Magic Treasure Festival", "Buddha Cheng Dao Festival", "Cheng Dao Hui", etc. It was originally a Buddhist festival to commemorate the Sakyamuni Buddha's path, and later became a folk festival.
Schedule of Laba Festival in recent years
| particular year |
date |
lunar calendar |
the Chinese zodiac |
week |
| two thousand and twenty-five |
2025-01-07 |
The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the year of Jiachen |
Loong |
Tuesday |
| two thousand and twenty-six |
2026-01-26 |
The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the year of Yisi |
snake |
Monday |
| two thousand and twenty-seven |
2027-01-15 |
The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the third lunar year |
horse |
Friday |
| two thousand and twenty-eight |
2028-01-04 |
The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the year of Ding Weinian |
sheep |
Tuesday |
| two thousand and twenty-nine |
2029-01-22 |
The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the year of Wushen |
monkey |
Monday |
Laba porridge, also known as "Seven Treasures and Five Flavors porridge", "Buddha porridge", "Everyone's meal", etc., is a kind of porridge made from a variety of ingredients. The earliest written record of Laba porridge is in the Song Dynasty. Wu Zimu of the Southern Song Dynasty recorded in the Record of Dreams: "On the eighth day of this month, the temple is called Laba. The temples such as Dasha have five flavors of porridge, called Laba porridge." China has a history of eating Laba porridge for more than a thousand years. Every Laba Festival, whether it is the imperial government, the temple or the people's families, they must make Laba porridge. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of drinking Laba porridge was even more popular.
In the north of China, there is a saying that "children, children, don't be greedy, after the Laba Festival is the year", which means the beginning of the New Year. Every Laba Festival, the northern region is busy peeling garlic to make vinegar, soaking Laba garlic, and eating Laba noodles and Laba porridge. Laba Festival is a typical northern festival.
Ballads about Laba Festival
Little child, don't be greedy. It's New Year after Laba.
Laba porridge, a few days later, Lilila 23.
23、 Sweet melon sticks, 24, sweep the house,
25、 Make tofu, 26, stew pork,
27、 Zainian chicken, twenty-eight, make noodles,
29、 Steamed steamed buns and stayed overnight for 30 nights,
On New Year's Eve, there are dumplings every year.
