Introduction: Laba Festival is a traditional festival in my country. In fact, it is the first festival in the twelfth lunar month. There are many stories and folk songs about Laba Festival, such as "Children, don't be greedy, after Laba Festival it will be the New Year." ! During the Laba Festival, people usually drink a bowl of hot Laba porridge to look forward to getting through the cold winter and welcoming the warmth of spring. Relatively speaking, the Laba Festival seems to be less "inconspicuous" among the many traditional festivals in China, but in fact this does not prevent parents from making the Laba Festival interesting.

A few days ago, before the Laba Festival, my colleague Sister Zhang had already started preparing to cook Laba porridge. A colleague ridiculed Sister Zhang and said, "It's still a long time before the Laba Festival? We Chinese are good at turning all festivals into food festivals!" After hearing this, Sister Zhang smiled and said, "This is not just to make people happy." My daughter’s Laba Festival was a lot of fun!”

It turns out that Sister Zhang became particularly “ceremonial” after her daughter was born, and she would prepare carefully for every festival. In order to let my daughter better experience the holiday atmosphere. Therefore, although Sister Zhang's daughter has just entered kindergarten, the little one has learned to hum the nursery rhyme "Children, don't be greedy, it will be the New Year after Laba" in the past few days.

During the weekend, Sister Zhang took her daughter to the supermarket to buy ingredients for Laba porridge, and introduced the little one to grains. Seeing her daughter's high interest, Sister Zhang also found it interesting. "When we have cooked the Laba porridge, we will bring it to the company for you to try!"

After hearing what Sister Zhang said, everyone sighed, "Sister Zhang is really good at raising children. Nowadays, people always complain about the lack of Chinese New Year flavor. It’s actually because everyone is too lazy! It’s good to let children experience the charm of traditional culture!” Some colleagues also echoed, “I’m from the south, and I really didn’t know much about it before! The first time I learned about the Laba Festival was when I participated in a kindergarten activity!”

Things to do: Make Laba porridge

Laba porridge is usually made from rice, some cereals, and dried fruits! At the same time, there are differences in ingredients because of the different types of cereals abundant in various regions.

Laba porridge in most northern areas of my country is made of rice, millet, glutinous rice, sorghum rice, and beans such as red beans, soybeans, and kidney beans, and is mixed with dried fruits such as red dates, peanuts, and walnuts. Made by boiling. In some places, purple rice, barley, mung beans, raisins, longan, almonds and other ingredients are added to it.

Although a bowl of Laba porridge looks ordinary, it contains rich ingredients, and the cooked Laba porridge is full of rich aroma and very delicious. Parents can learn to identify the five grains when preparing Laba porridge ingredients with their children. This is not only an appropriate "science popularization" opportunity, but also helps children accumulate knowledge.

Things 2: Pickled Laba Garlic

Laba Garlic is also a common food accompaniment during the Laba Festival. Compared with Laba porridge, the preparation of Laba garlic is simpler. People usually soak peeled garlic cloves in vinegar on the day of Laba Festival, and then seal them in a cool place for a period of time.

The color of the garlic cloves that are slowly soaked in vinegar will change, gradually changing from white to turquoise. The whole waiting process is very interesting, just like a "little science experiment", and children who can participate will naturally gain a joy from it.

Thing 3: Reading Laba Nursery Rhymes

Laba Festival is one of the more distinctive Chinese traditional festivals. Children in ancient times would hum interesting nursery rhymes on Laba Festival. . If parents can collect carefully, the process of learning and singing nursery rhymes with their children is also very interesting.

"A few days after Laba porridge, it will be twenty-three..." The catchy nursery rhyme made the children find it very interesting, and it also aroused their anticipation for the New Year.

Celebrating festivals is an indispensable ritual component in life. Parents who take festivals seriously will definitely be able to live a meaningful life.

First: Understand the historical heritage behind the festival

Most of China’s traditional festivals have hundreds of historical origins. Parents can explore the origin of the festival with their children. Let children gain a deeper understanding of the connotation of the festival and be edified in traditional culture. Each historical story not only brings children a novel experience with different feelings, but also allows them to see the interesting side of traditional culture.

Second: Participate in festival-related preparation activities

In the process of preparing for the festival, children can gain an immersive participation experience and also gain more knowledge. Much sense of achievement and satisfaction.

Whether it is cooking delicious food together or preparing holiday clothes together, every bit of careful preparation enriches the children's holiday memories and deepens the holiday impressions in their hearts.

Tips: In the process of preparing for the festival, children's hands-on ability and creativity have also been put to use and exercised.

Third: Try to enrich the types of holiday activities as much as possible

When many parents think of the holidays, they think of having a big meal or taking their children out for a day, but obviously This way of celebrating the festival is very lacking in novelty. Even with the company of their parents, the children will feel a little unenjoyable. In fact, parents can completely update the way they celebrate the holidays in a timely manner so that their children can not only have a sense of expectation but also truly have fun.

Celebrating the holidays with your children is not just about going out to eat and drink, or giving your children a holiday gift. Everyone prepares for the holidays together, and preparing gifts for each other can enhance your children’s holiday experience. .

Random thoughts:

Laba Festival is a very interesting traditional festival. Although this day is not a legal holiday, parents should also take time to spend it with their children. A delicious Laba Festival. As the saying goes, "Laba 7 and Laba Festival will freeze your chin off." The weather will get colder day by day after the Laba Festival. Parents should also pay attention to keeping their children warm after the festival and add clothes in time to avoid catching colds.