1, Lahai Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, commonly known as "Lahai", the festival in the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar each year, mainly popular in the northern part of China, the festival's custom is to "drink Lahai porridge". Laha is one of the great Buddhist festivals, this day is the Buddha Shakyamuni into the day, also known as "Dharma Treasure Festival", "Buddha into the festival", "into the meeting" and so on. The word "Lapa" originated in the period of the North and South Dynasties, then also known as "Lapa Day", this is a Buddhist festival, and then evolved through the generations, and gradually become a household name of folk festivals.

2, Laha congee, also known as "seven treasures and five flavors of porridge", "Buddha porridge", "everyone rice", etc., is a kind of porridge made from a variety of ingredients. The earliest written record of Lapa congee was in the Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty Wu Zimu "Meng Liang Record": "The eighth day of this month, the temple is called Laha. Dasha and other temples, all set up five-flavored porridge, the name is Laha congee." China's history of drinking congee on the eighth day of the month, has been more than a thousand years. Every Laha this day, whether it is the imperial government, monasteries or the people's homes to do Laha congee. By the Qing Dynasty, the custom of drinking Laha congee was even more prevalent.

3, in the north of China, there are "children children you do not want, after the Lahai is the year," said the Lahai means the opening of the New Year's prelude. Every Laha Festival, the northern region is busy peeling garlic vinegar, soak Laha garlic, eat Laha noodles Laha porridge. In the South Laha rarely mentioned, Laha Festival is a typical northern holiday.