腊八粥的传说
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 22pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0; mso-char-indent-size: 11.0pt" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">腊月初八，我国人民有吃腊八粥习俗。据说腊八粥传自印度。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 22pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0; mso-char-indent-size: 11.0pt" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">佛教的创始者释迦牟尼本是古印度北部迦毗罗卫国（今尼泊尔境内）净饭王的儿子，他见众生受生老病死等痛苦折磨，又不满当时婆罗门的神权统治，舍弃王位，出家修道。初无收获，后经六年苦行，于腊月八日，在菩提树下悟道成佛。在这六年苦行中，每日仅食一麻一米。后人不忘他所受的苦难，于每年腊月初八吃粥以做纪念。“腊八”就成了“佛祖成道纪念日”。“腊八”是佛教的盛大节日。解放以前各地佛寺作浴佛会，举行诵经，并效仿释迦牟尼成道前，牧女献乳糜的传说故事，用香谷、果实等煮粥供佛，称“腊八粥”。并将腊八粥赠送给门徒及善男信女们，以后便在民间相沿成俗。据说有的寺院于腊月初八以前由僧人手持钵盂，沿街化缘，将收集来的米、栗、枣、果仁等材料煮成腊八粥散发给穷人。传说吃了以后可以得到佛祖的保佑，</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">所以穷人把它叫做“佛粥”。南宋陆游诗云：“今朝佛粥更相馈，反觉江村节物新。”据说杭州名刹天宁寺内有储藏剩饭的“栈饭楼”平时寺僧每日把剩饭晒干，积一年的余粮，到腊月初八煮成</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">腊八粥分赠信徒，称为“福寿粥”“福德粥”意思是说吃了以后可以增福增寿。可见当时各寺僧爱惜粮食之美德。</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 22pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0; mso-char-indent-size: 11.0pt" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">腊八粥在古时是用红小豆、糯米煮成，后来材料逐渐增多。南宋人周密著《武林旧事》说：“用胡桃、松子、乳蕈、柿蕈、柿栗</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-hansi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">之类做粥，谓之‘腊八粥’”。至今我国江南、东北、西北广大地区人民仍保留着吃腊八粥的习俗，广东地区已不多见。所用材料各有不同，多用糯米、红豆、枣子、栗子、花生、白果、莲子百合等煮成甜粥。也有加入桂圆、龙眼肉、蜜饯等同煮的。冬季吃一碗热气腾腾的腊八粥，既可口有营养，确实能增福增寿。</P></SPAN>
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