The ingredients of eight-treasure porridge vary from place to place. On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, eight things are mixed. Among them, rice, carrots and vegetables are indispensable three treasures. In addition, there are peanuts (or soybeans), lotus seeds, ginkgo, tofu or oily tofu, taro and other ingredients. If you want to add more ingredients, you can put Sichuan fungus, red dates and vegetarian bean cakes instead of vegetarian ham and mushrooms.

The ingredients of eight-treasure porridge are usually rice 40%, glutinous rice 20%, vegetables 10%, carrots, peanuts (soybeans) 5%, tofu (oily tofu) and fried dough sticks 5%, ginkgo, lotus seeds and taro 5%, and 10% can be considered unnecessary.