As the saying goes, when Laha arrives, congee smells good. "Drinking Laha congee is the mainstream custom of the festival, and people believe that only by drinking a bowl of steaming hot Laha congee on this day is it a perfect end to the previous year. So do you know the origin of Laha congee? If you're interested in it, take a look.

Laha Festival to drink Laha congee custom from the Buddhist, the eighth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is Siddhartha Gautama became Taoist, the Indian ancient people in order to commemorate the Buddha in the eighth day of the eighth month of Laha enlightenment into the Buddha, will be eating mixed porridge as a commemoration of this day. Since the introduction of Buddhism to China, the monasteries are made of fragrant grains and fruits into porridge to give to the disciples and the good men and women. In the Song Dynasty, the folk gradually formed in the "Lahai" on the day of porridge and porridge custom, and continues to this day.

Legend, Siddhartha Gautama is now the Prince of Nepal within the country of Kabiravi, he was 29 years old, y Indian Brahminism caste system is unreasonable, the lower class suffered from birth, old age, disease and death, in order to gain enlightenment, see through the truth of life and life, he wandered for six years. Naked and wandering, his hair fell out, his eye sockets were y sunken, and his shrunken body looked like a skeleton.

He came to a linden tree, barely holding himself together, and fainted from hunger and cold. At this time, a shepherdess saw the dying Sakyamuni, so she boiled a bowl of milk porridge and fed it to Sakyamuni. Drinking this bowl of milk porridge from the shepherdess restored Siddhartha's original strength.

He continued to sit cross-legged under the Bodhi tree, and continued to meditate and practice, and by the time the dawn came, he had achieved enlightenment and become a Buddha, and understood the truth of life and the truth of the universe. The date of the Buddha's attainment of enlightenment is the eighth day of the twelfth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the eighth day of the first month of the Lunar New Year. Ancient Indians in order not to forget the suffering of the Buddha before he became a Taoist, but also to commemorate the Buddha in the eighth day of the twelfth month of enlightenment into the Buddha, will be eating mixed porridge as a commemoration of the day, commonly known as "Lahai congee", Lahai congee is also known as the seven treasures and five flavors of congee, porridge, and other Buddha porridge. Since then, this custom has gradually spread to the people, and the general public also cooks Laha congee on this day, which has become one of the folk customs.

Laha congee knowledge

1, Laha congee general cooking method is the first red beans, mung beans, cowpeas and other beans to pick a good clean, cooked to half-cooked and then put into the white rice, millet, yellow rice, glutinous rice and so on. Difficult-to-cook beans are best soaked in advance.

2, if you use a large iron pot to cook porridge, the water should be added once enough. When cooking porridge first with a high fire, when the rice is almost blossomed to use the fire to cook. While cooking and stirring, pay attention not to paste the pot.

3, Laha congee is called Laha congee, but it is suitable for use all year round. Although this porridge is good, but should not be eaten all the time, should not be more than one meal a day.

4. If you feel that the taste is not sweet enough, after the porridge is cooked, you can add some honey or sugar as a source of sweetness when you eat it. 5. Porridge should be cooked for a long time to cook soft, otherwise it will cause gastrointestinal burden for those who are not very good at gastrointestinal, such as adzuki beans, barley cooked slower can be boiled first, you can also use the pressure cooker, the nutrients will be retained better.

The above is what I know about the origin of Laha congee, we also know what the origin?