2. Laba Ice, and the folk custom of eating Laba Ice. Eating Laba ice is to fill a ceramic basin with cold boiled water one or two days before Laba and put it in the yard to form ice. When Laba breaks the ice in the morning, the whole family will share it. The old saying goes, "Eating Laba ice won't hurt your stomach in the coming year", which of course has no scientific basis.
3, Laba garlic, an old Beijing family, from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of the New Year is getting better every day. In most parts of northern China, the custom of soaking garlic with vinegar is called Laba garlic.
Laba married a prostitute and a daughter-in-law. In the past, there was an unwritten custom in old Beijing on Laba, that is, to recruit a prostitute and marry a daughter-in-law. At that time, people thought that the twelfth lunar month was a season of great happiness, commonly known as auspicious month, and the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month was the most festive and auspicious day, so many people held happy events on this day, or chose this day as an engagement day to show auspicious celebration.
5. Laba Festival Bathing Buddha Club. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many temples in old Beijing, such as Bailin Temple, Huangsi Temple and Guanghua Temple. Every year, a "Buddha Bathing Meeting" and a "Dharma Meeting" are held to chant Buddhist scriptures and worship Buddha, and the story of a cow herdess offering chyle is imitated. Porridge and fruit are offered to Buddha, and perfume (made of medicinal materials) is also used on the Buddha bathing table in the temple.