The Laba Festival is mainly popular in the north of my country. It is rarely mentioned in the south. There is such a song in the north of my country: "Children, don't be greedy. After Laba Festival, it will be ten years. How many days can you drink Laba porridge?" , Li Li La La twenty-three." The following are the famous sayings of Laba Festival.

1. After the Laba Festival, it is the New Year

This sentence means that after the Laba Festival, it is not far from the New Year, because the Laba Festival is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the New Year is the first month of the next year. First, there is a difference of more than 20 days between Laba Festival and New Year. Therefore, it is said that after Laba Festival, it is the New Year. There is also a proverb, "After eating Laba Rice, it will be the New Year." This has the same meaning. It means that after Laba Festival, it can be It’s time to buy new year’s goods.

2. Laba Laba, freeze your chin

Because every year Laba is either on March 9th or 49th, and March 49th is the coldest time of the year, so Laba Festival is the coldest time of the year. It is also very cold today, so cold that one can freeze one's chin off. However, it does not really freeze one's chin off, but it uses an exaggerated method to illustrate how cold it is in Laba. The proverbs have different meanings but the same purpose.

3. Whose chimney will smoke first, whose sorghum will turn red first

This sentence refers to the day of Laba. Whose cooks first and drinks Laba porridge first? The grain will mature first and the harvest will be early. Is this really the case? It's obviously unscientific. The proverb just expresses farmers' good expectations for a good harvest in the future. This proverb has the same meaning as "Eat porridge early and have an early good harvest next year." They both express good expectations for the future.

4. If Laba does not eat food from your parents’ family, your ancestors will not be able to afford it for generations

This sentence means that Laba cannot return to your parents’ home on this day. Even if you go back to your parents’ home, you cannot eat food from your parents’ family. If you eat If you don't have enough money to eat from your natal family, it will affect your natal family's wealth, and the family members will not be able to get rich for generations.