Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations 课外拓展中华传统节日腊八节课件-高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

LabaFestival1.Origin2.Legend3.LabaPorridge4.LabaGarlicCONTENTS1.OriginInancienttimes,waxreferredtotheactivitiesofofferingsacrificestogodsandancestorsinwinterafterharvest.BecausemostofthesesacrificialactivitiesareheldinDecember,Decemberiscalledthewaxmonth.Therewasnodefinitedatefortheinitialwaxoffering.Somesayitisawaxofferingtoeightgods.Theeighthdayofthetwelfthlunarmonthbecameafestivalinlatergenerations.SincethepreQinDynasty,theLabaFestivalhasbeenusedtooffersacrificestoancestorsandgodsandprayforagoodharvestandgoodluck.Inadditiontotheactivitiesofofferingsacrificestoancestorsandgods,peoplealsoexpelepidemicdiseases.2.LegendSakyamuni,thefounderofBuddhism,practicedmeditationinthemountainsforsixyears.Hewassoskinnyandhungrythathewantedtogiveupasceticism.Thenhemetashepherdessandsenthimchyle.Aftereating,hesatcrossleggedunderthebodhitreeandbecameaBuddhaontheeighthdayofDecember.Tocommemoratethe"BecomingBuddhaFestival".WhenQinShihuangbuilttheGreatWall,migrantworkersfromallovertheworldcameunderorders.Theycouldnotgohomeformanyyears,andtheirfoodwassentbytheirfamilies.Somemigrantworkers,whosehomesareseparatedbythousandsofmountainsandrivers,cannotdeliverfood,resultinginmanymigrantworkersstarvingtodeathattheconstructionsiteoftheGreatWall.Oneyear,ontheeighthdayofthetwelfthlunarmonth,themigrantworkerswithoutfoodaccumulatedseveralhandfulsofmiscellaneousgrains,boiledthemintoporridgeinapot,drankabowleach,andfinallystarvedtodeathundertheGreatWall.InordertomournthemigrantworkerswhodiedofstarvationattheconstructionsiteoftheGreatWall,peopleeat"Labaporridge"ontheeighthdayofthetwelfthlunarmontheveryyear.LabaFestivalcomesfrompeople'smemoryofYueFei.YueFeiledhistroopstofightagainstpeopleofJin

inZhuxianTown.Itwasaseverewinter.TheclothesandfoodofYuefamily'smilitary

werepoor.Thepeopletheresentporridgeoneafteranother.TheYuefamilyarmyhadabigmealof"thousandporridge"sentbythepeople,andreturnedwithgreatvictory.ItwastheeighthdayofDecember.3.LabaPorridgeLabaporridgeisalsocalled"QibaoWuweiporridge"

（seventreasuresandfiveflavors）.ChinahasahistoryofdrinkingLabaporridgeformorethan1000years.ItfirstbeganintheSongDynasty.OnLabaday,Labaporridgeismadeintheimperialcourt,government,templesandpeople'shomes.Atthepalace,theemperor

gaveLabaporridgetotheministers.Theyalsodistributedriceandfruittoallmonasteriesformonkstoeat.Amongthepeople,everyfamilyalsowantsLabaporridgetooffersacrificestotheirancestors.VariouskindsofLabaPorridgeManyitemsaremixedinrice,suchasreddates,lotusseeds,walnuts,chestnuts,almonds,pinenuts,longans,hazelnuts,grapes,ginkgo,waterchestnut,roses,redbeans,peanuts...Ontheeveningoftheseventhdayofthetwelfthlunarmonth,peoplebegantogetbusy,washingrice,soakingfruit,peeling,enucleating,andthenbegantocookatmidnight.Theporridgewouldstewoverwithlowfireuntilthemorningofthenextday.4.LabaGarlicLabagarlicusuallyreferstothegarlicpickledwithvinegar.Thefinishedproductisgreenincolor,sourandspicy