2. Later, people took eight kinds of edible things and made porridge rice. The food contained the auspicious meaning of "eight treasures" to celebrate the harvest and bless the future.
3. In Chengde area, there is a story among the people of Babaoban: A long time ago, there was a young couple who could have been self-sufficient by their labor income, but because they couldn't plan, they couldn't eat at will. Whenever winter and spring alternated, they ate up all the food.
4. One day, they were really hungry, so they cleaned the bottom of the shop and cooked porridge with all kinds of Mi Dou from several shops. Later, I borrowed from the east and the west, and made porridge with all kinds of miscellaneous grains and wild fruits to make a living. Over time, I feel that porridge made of miscellaneous grains and wild fruits is more sweet and delicious than pure rice porridge. As a result, neighbors followed suit. Every year at the turn of winter and spring, they cook porridge with various Mi Dou and wild fruits. On the one hand, they warned people to be frugal, on the other hand, they prayed for a bumper harvest next year.
5. Later, the practice of eight-treasure porridge became more and more exquisite and the taste became more and more fragrant, and it gradually became a traditional food popular in Chengde area.
6. During the Qianlong period, eight-treasure porridge was introduced to the court and became the winter meal of the royal family, and it was renamed as "fruit porridge". As can be seen from the food list of the Qing Emperor's tour of Rehe River in the north, the favorite breakfast of Emperor Qianlong is eight-treasure porridge. Later, from eight-treasure porridge to eight-treasure rice.