腊八节快乐 这些关于腊八节的小知识赶紧收下吧！

过完腊八就是年

今天，是一年中春节前最后一个节日--腊八节。俗话说，过了腊八就是年，还有二十来天，你们回家的票都抢到了没有呢？每年到这个时候，总是会出现“春运”抢票难的现象，其难之程度有时可能甚于上青天，但源于人们对亲人家乡的思念，即便一票难求，也难以阻挡人们回家的欲望。当然，今天咱们的主题不是“春运”，而是“腊八节”。

Chinese people honour Laba Festival on the 8th day of the 12th month on the lunar calendar, which falls on yesterday. The most important tradition associated with the Festival is eating Laba congee.

中国人会在每年农历的十二月初八（即昨天）庆祝腊八节，而与腊八节相关的最重要的一个传统就是要喝腊八粥。

腊八节由来

腊八节，作为春节前的最后一个节日，就像其他的传统节日的背后总有这说不完的美丽故事一样，它也有着很多的传说，无声地诉说着它独特的故事。现在跟小编一起来看看吧！

1. 传说一

One holds that over 3,000 years ago sacrificial rites called La (腊) were held in the twelfth lunar month when people offered up their preys to the gods of heaven and earth. The Chinese characters for prey (猎) and the twelfth month (腊 La) 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.

有一种说法是大约3000年前，一种祭祀仪式叫做“腊”，会在农历十二月举行。人们向天上和地下的神献出他们的猎物。那时候，表示猎物的汉字“猎”和表示农历十二月的“腊”是可以通用的。从那时候起，“腊”就用来指这两种意思了。因为这个节日是在最后一个月的第八天举行的，后来人们就加上了“八”，于是就有了现在的腊八。

2. 传说二（和腊八粥有关）：

The eight-treasure porridge was first introduced to China in the Song Dynasty about 900 years ago.

八宝粥最开始出现是在900年前的宋朝。

Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited by the Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni, the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth month. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With the passing of time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.

那时候佛教已经被信奉佛祖释迦牟尼的汉族人广泛接受。传说佛祖在十二月初八受到教化。人们会为佛祖准备好有豆子、坚果和干果的大米粥，寺庙里也会唱起佛经。随着时间的推移，这种习俗就传播出去了，尤其在农村，会用会用花生煮粥祈祷一年的好收成。

According to written records, large Buddhist temples would offer it to the poor to show their faith to Buddha. In the Ming Dynasty about 500 years ago, it became such a holy food that emperors would offer it to their officials during festivals. As it gained favor in the feudal upper class, it also quickly became popular throughout the country.

根据有记载的历史，大的佛寺要向穷人施粥以显示对佛祖的信仰。在距今500年前的明朝，腊八粥变成了神圣的食物，就连皇帝也要在过节的时候赐粥给群臣。在封建上层社会的推动下，腊八粥迅速风靡全国。

腊八粥

说起腊八节，最广为人知的就是喝腊八粥，都已经成了约定俗成的事儿了，当然它也有着美好的象征意义，代表了好运、长寿和丰收。不由想起了今天中午喝那一大碗腊八粥了，虽然花了小编5元大钞，但那量还真是足，现在还撑着呢。

Traditionally, the Laba rice porridge is the most important element of the festival. Generally, the porridge contains eight ingredients which can include glutinous rice, red beans, millet, Chinese sorghum, peas, dried lotus seeds and some other ingredients, such as dried dates, chestnut meat, walnut meat, almond, peanut, etc. The porridge must be boiled for many hours and then offered as a sacrifice to the ancestors. This must be done before noontime. Also, it is tradition that family members eat the porridge together. Then they leave some as a symbol of hope for a good harvest the coming year.

从传统上讲，腊八粥是腊八节最重要的元素。腊八粥通常由八种材料做成，这些材料可以是黏米，红豆，小米，高粱，豌豆，莲子和一些诸如红枣，栗子，核桃仁，杏仁，花生等谷物。粥要熬制数小时，然后作为祭品祭献给祖先。这个祭祀活动一定要在中午之前完成。之后，家人们坐在一起吃腊八粥也就成了传统。

腌制腊八蒜

Another custom is the soaking of Laba garlic. Garlic is soaked in vinegar for more than twenty days starting from Laba festival. Then when the Chinese New Year comes, the garlic and vinegar is used alongside jiaozi on the table.

腊八节的另一传统式腌制腊八蒜。从腊八节那天起，就将蒜泡在醋中二十多天，这样，到春节的时候，就可以在餐桌上与饺子同食了。

仿佛都有画面了，看着桌子上热气腾腾的饺子，和碧绿如玉的腊八蒜，那感觉、那味道，怎一个爽字了得！不行，刚才还撑撑的，现在突然感觉饿了，果然小编的脑子里还是不能出现饺子和腊八蒜的画面，太吊食欲了。不知道大家过年是不是也这么吃呢？（微信查找一栏搜索 xianhuayingyu 获取更多英语知识、趣事）

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