Laba garlic is a festival custom of Laba Festival, and its pronunciation of "garlic" is the same as that of "calculation". On this day, all businesses should collect accounts and calculate the income and expenditure of this year, and then see the profit and loss, including foreign debts and foreign debts, must be calculated clearly on this day. After all, it is natural to pay back debts. Therefore, Laba garlic means paying back debts.

There is a proverb in Beijing: "Laba porridge, Laba garlic, the messenger who pays the bill, pays back the debt." Later, "garlic" was used instead of "calculation" to show taboo and avoid the word "calculation". In fact, in any case, what is owed to others will be paid back after all. Soaking Laba garlic is a festival custom of Laba Festival.

Labajie gourmet

1, Laba porridge

According to legend, the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, practiced in the deep mountains and sat quietly for six years. He was so hungry that he wanted to give up this suffering. He happened to meet a shepherdess and gave him chyle. He sat cross-legged under the bodhi tree after eating, and became a Buddha on the eighth day of December, and the "Buddha-to-Daoism Festival" was held to commemorate it. Believers in China are devout, so they merged with the "La Ri" to form the "Laba Festival", and also held a grand ceremony.

2. Laba garlic

Soaking Laba garlic is also a food custom of Laba Festival, especially the traditional snacks of Han nationality in North China. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household makes garlic with vinegar. Slowly, garlic soaked in vinegar will turn green, and finally it will become green all over, like jade and jasper.

3. jiaozi

Laba garlic tastes sour and a little spicy. It is usually served with jiaozi who has just come out of the pot. During the Spring Festival, Laba garlic is not only a side dish, but also has the function of relieving boredom, removing fishy smell and helping digestion. It is a great gospel for the Chinese New Year foodies.