But they may also have been used for sacrificial rites in the spring season to pray for a good harvest. 很可能与庆贺春天到来，祈祷丰收的祭祀活动有关。
Although ancient people held sacrificial ceremony and beat drums to drive out pestilence on Laba it is Buddhism that really takes it as a festival. 尽管古人在腊八当天举行祭祀活动，敲锣打鼓以驱邪消灾，然而，是佛教把腊八变成了真正的节日。
