Laba Festival in 2022 is 65438+February 30th. The specific time of Laba Festival in 2022: 65438+Friday, February 30th, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Laba Festival is commonly known as Laba, and the main custom is "drinking Laba porridge". In the past, the ancients had a tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods on this day and praying for good harvest and good luck. In addition, this day is also the enlightenment day of Buddha Sakyamuni, and it is a grand Buddhist festival.

Myths and legends of Laba Festival

Laba Festival is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (December), which originated in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. It is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang was in trouble and suffering in prison, it was freezing. The hungry Zhu Yuanzhang actually dug up seven or eight kinds of whole grains such as red beans, rice and red dates from the mouse hole in prison.

Zhu Yuanzhang cooked these things into porridge. Because it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Yuanzhang called this pot of miscellaneous grains porridge Laba porridge. I enjoyed a delicious meal. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang pacified the world and became the emperor facing south. In order to commemorate that special day in prison, he designated it as Laba Festival and officially named the miscellaneous grains porridge he ate that day Laba porridge.