1. Eating Laba porridge

The history of eating Laba porridge in my country has been more than a thousand years. According to folklore, during the seventh and eighth lunar months, one's chin will fall off due to the cold. Therefore, every household has to cook Laba porridge to prevent the chin from freezing.

Laba porridge, also called Qibao and five-flavor porridge, is cooked with eight kinds of fresh grains and fruits harvested that year. Laba porridge is not only a seasonal delicacy, but also a good health food, especially suitable for maintaining the spleen and stomach in cold weather.

2． Sacrificing ancestors and worshiping ancestors

Since the pre-Qin Dynasty, the Laba Festival has had the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods to pray for a good harvest and good luck.

On the day of Laba Festival, worshiping gods, Buddha, and ancestors is a good sign of praying for the blessings of gods, Buddha, and ancestors.

3. Eating Laba Ice

The day before Laba Festival, people usually use steel basins to scoop water to freeze. When the Laba Festival comes, they take off the ice from the basin and break the ice into pieces.

It is said that the ice on this day is magical. After eating it, you will not have stomachache for a whole year.

4. Making Laba Tofu

Laba Tofu is a folk specialty in Qianxian County, Anhui Province. During the Laba Festival on the eve of the Spring Festival, every household in Qianxian County will make tofu, dry the homemade tofu, and save it for later consumption.

Laba tofu is as yellow as jade in color, soft in the mouth, salty and sweet, fragrant and fresh. It can be served on its own or paired with other ingredients, stir-fried or stewed, and is delicious.

5． Eating Laba Noodles

Shaanxi is good at making noodles. On the day of Laba Festival, people in Shaanxi eat Laba noodles. Every year before the sun rises on the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household in Shaanxi eats a bowl of steaming, fragrant Laba noodles.

With the improvement of living standards, people are combining beans with cuisine, cooking noodles with walnut kernels, sesame seeds, peanuts, lotus seeds, green vegetables, spinach, yellow flowers, fungus, etc. to make soup noodles. Rich in nutrients and very delicious.

6. Pickled Laba Garlic

In the north, especially in North China, during the Laba Festival, in addition to drinking Laba porridge, there is also the custom of pickling Laba garlic. Garlic tends to turn purple and sprout in winter. Pickling Laba garlic is an effective way to "rescue" old garlic.

The spicy garlic and acetic acid blend together, making it the best condiment for eating dumplings. It can also be used in cold dishes. It is a unique delicacy in northern winter.

7. Eat Laba rice

On the Laba Festival in Xining, people do not drink porridge, but eat Laba rice. On the night of the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the newly ground wheat kernels are boiled with beef and mutton, and seasonings such as green salt, ginger peel, pepper, grass fruit, and Miaoxiang are added. After simmering overnight, the wheat kernel rice is fragrant and very delicious. .