Ant Manor January 20th answer: Modern people eat Laba porridge during the Laba Festival. In the earliest Laba Festival in ancient times, people would? Correct answer: worship ancestors. If you answer correctly, hurry up and get 180g of chicken feed per day!

Although the ancients would hold "December Festival" in the twelfth lunar month, the "December Day" for the sacrifice was not determined at the beginning. It was not until the Northern and Southern Dynasties that people fixed the date of the "December Festival". Zong Nao's "Jingchu Sui" "Shi Ji" mentioned: "December 8th is the twelfth lunar month day." Since then, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month has gradually become a fixed sacrificial festival and has been passed down to this day.

When it comes to the Laba Festival, the first thing people think of is drinking "Laba porridge" on this day. However, after the day of the Laba Festival was determined as the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, people did not have the habit of drinking Laba porridge at first. It was not until the Tang and Song Dynasties that people drank Laba porridge. Laba porridge has gradually become the most important traditional custom that people follow during Laba day.

There are many theories about the origin of Laba porridge, but the most widely circulated one is related to Buddhism and Sakyamuni. It is said that after Sakyamuni gave up his status as the heir to the throne and went to practice among the people, he fainted by the river one day due to overwork in practice. A herding girl saw it and used the spring water to cook porridge mixed with fruits and grains. The rice was fed to Sakyamuni, and Sakyamuni regained consciousness. After waking up, he continued to meditate under the tree and achieved enlightenment on December 8th. To commemorate this event, people call this day "Enlightenment Day", and Buddhist temples around the country will also hold sutra chanting activities and cook porridge with fruits and grains to give to good men and women.