You can eat noodles during the Laba Festival. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the lunar calendar, people in the Guanzhong area, especially the Chengcheng area in Weibei, Shaanxi, eat a meal of noodles in the morning, commonly known as "Laba noodles".

Laba noodles are the seasonal food of the Laba Festival. It is a local traditional pasta popular in the Guanzhong area of ??Shaanxi Province. In some areas of Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, porridge is generally not eaten during the Laba Festival. Every year on the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household will eat a bowl of Laba noodles.

Guanzhong custom: In the Fengxiang area in the west of Guanzhong, Shaanxi, before the sun comes up on the first morning of the "Twelve Years", the whole family eats Laba noodles together. We have to eat it until the stove is sacrificed on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. Huayin, Huaxian and Tongguan counties in the eastern part of Guanzhong, Shaanxi.

There is also the custom of eating Laba noodles. Because "spicy" and "la" have the same pronunciation. Laba noodles are mainly made for families, and various main and auxiliary ingredients are prepared on demand.

Laba Festival

Laba Festival, which is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year, is also known as the "Dharma Treasure Festival", "Buddha Enlightenment Festival", "Enlightenment Meeting", etc. Originally a Buddhist festival commemorating the enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha, it gradually became a folk festival.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia - Laba Festival