Laba is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, referring to the traditional start of celebrations for the Chinese New Year. La in Chinese means the 12th lunar month and ba means eight.
Legends about the origin of this festivity abound. One holds that over 3,000 years ago sacrificial rites called La were held in the twelfth lunar month when people offered their preys to the gods of heaven and earth. The Chinese characters for prey and the twelfth month were interchangeable then, and ever since La has been used to refer to both.
Since the festival was held on the eighth day of the Last month, people later appended the number eight (ba in Chinese), giving us the current Laba .
The majority Han Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating Laba rice porridge on the Laba Festival. The date usually falls in mid-Janua.
Every Spring Festival, every family to stick couplets on the Spring Festival. Spring Festival couplets is a couplet, posted by during the Spring Festival, so the name. First people in peach wood into hung on the door to ward off evil spirits, then simplified as inscribed on the peach wood door god's name. Use red paper to write Spring Festival couplets, represents the good fortune, happiness.
When delivery is at midnight, New Year bell sounded, the whole city, firecrackers moro tianyu. At this moment, some people still in the courtyard "very hot", as a prosperous air borne, is thriving. Around the burning exuberant, firecrackers, children with joy. At this time, the room is lit the lamp, the courthouse is bright sparks, outside is deafening noise, push the lively atmosphere of the New Year's eve to the highest level.
Every Spring Festival, is also the housewife in the kitchen is the most busy time, wasn't done in a few days ago, the family reunion dinner is always in thirty by cooking at that day to come, but also on the first day of dumplings to package in 30 night out. At this time every the chopping block in unter den unter den busy chopping, chopping vegetables. At this point, the chopping block, firecrackers, and then to mingle with people,, the YangYangYingEr, interwoven into the New Year's eve the cheerful music.
Eat dinner is the most lively happy Spring Festival every family, the abundance of only a table, with family reunions, sitting at the table, the reunion dinner with her sense of fulfillment is unspeakable. People is enjoying full table delicacies sumptuous dinner and enjoy the atmosphere of joy. We generally not two things here, it is a hot pot. A fish. Hot pot boiling, steaming, warm and seductive, thriving; "Fish" and "yu" homophonic, is the symbol of "happy enough to spare", yu also "more than" year after year. And radish commonly known as carrots, wish have a good heat; Lobster, fish Fried food, such as blasting wish prosperity home delivery, such as "fire boil oil". Finally is a sweetmeat, more blessings back sweet; in the day of the day, even if it doesn't drink, drink too much.
Every year, I am very much looking forward to the arrival of the Spring Festival, because of the busy, because of the family warmth.
Spring Festival, is our traditional festival of the Chinese nation, it represents the reunion, happiness, peace. Vientiane update, everywhere filled with the taste of happiness.
Everyone together to stick couplets, couplet lines really wonderful, top allied: "good prosperous year", allied: "bright future 'pipeline, horizontal batch:" lucky ". Spring Festival custom of "f" word, some have been popular in the song dynasty ago, but the "fu", is said to have appeared in the early Ming dynasty. Stick "f" word backwards means "to", a symbol of the reunion, happiness. Therefore, my door is a "blessing".
Every do wasn't catch, is full of the smell of wine. Mom on the abundance of food, chicken, geese, fish and other delicacies. Do you know? Each dish has its meaning. Chicken: it means vitality, in the future year spirit energetic every day; Goose: said child clever; Fish: it means more than every year. This one is said the lunar New Year festival. Cook dinner, everyone around the table to eat the delicious food, the food can is on par with five-star hotel food.
I got up early, put on beautiful clothes, and ran downstairs to grandma and grandpa said in a message: "I wish grandma and grandpa, happiness as immense as the Eastern Sea live as long as the southern mountain, dragon horse spirit." Hear I give their blessing, grandma and grandpa also unwilling to lag behind, immediately from his pocket and pulled out two red packets to me.
At night, I can't wait to put the fireworks, and then put the firecrackers. "Celebrate the earth" and "spring-heralding" birds... All are colorful, let a person see more dazzling, overwhelmed.
In this laughter, accompanied by scratching firecrackers, rang the bell of the New Year, we ushered in the New Year. I love Spring Festival!