The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is Laba Festival, which is customarily called Laba. Drinking Laba porridge and making Laba porridge on this day are the most traditional among the people of the whole country. So what are the good things besides eating porridge in Laba Festival? Let's take a look at different eating customs all over the country. Every year, the twelfth lunar month is commonly known as the twelfth lunar month, and the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month) is both the Laba Festival and the Laba Festival. Laba Festival has a long tradition and history in China. Drinking Laba porridge and making Laba porridge on this day is the most traditional and exquisite custom of the whole country, and it is a traditional festival that China can't forget. What to eat on Laba Festival? First of all, Laba porridge is used by Laba in northern Shaanxi to worship ancestors. On Laba, besides rice and beans, porridge is cooked with various dried fruits, tofu and meat. Usually cooked in the morning, sweet or salty, depending on people's tastes. If you eat at noon, you should cook some noodles in the porridge so that the whole family can get together for dinner. After eating, you should also put porridge on the door, on the stove and on the trees outside the door to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and welcome the agricultural harvest in the coming year. According to folklore, vegetables are forbidden in Laba on this day, saying that there are many weeds in the field after eating Lai crops. Laba people in southern Shaanxi want to eat miscellaneous porridge, which is divided into "five flavors" and "eight flavors" The former is cooked with rice, glutinous rice, peanuts, ginkgo and beans. The latter uses the above five raw materials to add diced meat, tofu and radish, and also adds seasonings. On Laba Festival, people not only eat Laba porridge, but also worship their ancestors and granaries with porridge. The recipe of Laba porridge is 1. Wash the eight-treasure porridge first (there are ready-made eight-treasure porridge bags in the supermarket). 2. Soak for about 3 hours. Generally, you can soak before going to bed at night and cook porridge in the morning. 3. Pour the soaked water into the rice cooker. 4. Generally, the ratio of rice to water is 1:4. You like to eat thinly, so you can add more water. You can set the porridge button. 5. Do it now, and it is appropriate to eat a small bowl every time 1. What kind of sugar or salt can I eat on Laba Festival? On the day before eating ice laba, people usually use steel pots to scoop water and freeze it. When the laba festival is over, they will pick the ice and break it. It is said that the ice on this day is magical, and it won't hurt your stomach after eating it for a year. Eating Laba garlic on Laba Festival is essential for old Beijingers. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of the New Year is getting worse every day. Most Laba garlic in northern China has the custom of soaking garlic in vinegar on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is called Laba garlic. According to the old man, the word "Laba garlic" is homophonic with the word "calculate". This is the day when all companies collect accounts and calculate the income and expenditure of this year. Thus, the profit and loss, including foreign debt and foreign debt, should be calculated clearly on this day. This is how Laba Calculus works. A creditor who wants debts on the day of Laba will send a message to the family who owes him money, and he should be prepared to pay back the money. There is a folk proverb in Beijing: "Laba porridge, Laba garlic, the messenger who pays the bill;" Pay off the debt. "Later, if someone owed money to others, garlic was used instead of the word" calculate "to show taboo, and the word" calculate "was also avoided. In fact, what is owed to others will be paid back after all. Old Beijing is near the New Year's Gate. There are spicy dishes in the streets, but there is no one selling Laba garlic. Why is this? Think about it. Shout when selling Laba garlic. How come? Just shout "Laba garlic! "When the debtor heard the shouts, his heart thumped. How come there are shouts of debt collection in the street! Besides, who are you talking to as a small businessman? It's good that people don't settle accounts with you, so Laba garlic can't make a hullabaloo about in the streets. Every household makes laba garlic by itself, and first calculates how to spend this year. To soak laba garlic, you have to use purple garlic and rice vinegar. Peel garlic cloves, soak them in rice vinegar and seal them in a small jar until New Year's Eve. Garlic cloves are bright green with the fragrance of garlic and balsamic vinegar, which is the best seasoning in jiaozi. It can also be served with cold dishes, which has a unique taste. Why do you have to soak Laba garlic with purple garlic? The purple garlic cloves are soaked thoroughly, the garlic cloves are not easy to collapse, and the garlic is crispy. Why do you have to soak Laba garlic in rice vinegar? The color of rice vinegar is light, and the color of soaked garlic is the same as before, orange and green, with sour and spicy taste and strong and slightly sweet aroma. Garlic soaked in old vinegar is black in color, garlic cloves are not green enough, and the taste is poor, especially smoked vinegar, which has a slight burnt taste. Perhaps this is its characteristic. What to eat on Laba Festival? Laba Tofu "Laba Tofu" is a folk specialty in Ganxian County, Anhui Province. In Laba, on the eve of the Spring Festival, that is, around the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household in Ganxian county will have to dry tofu, which is called "Laba tofu". What to eat on Laba Festival? Jade jasper Laba garlic tastes better. Pickling Laba garlic is a custom in northern China, especially in North China. As the name implies, garlic is brewed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. In fact, the materials are very simple, namely vinegar and garlic cloves. The method is also extremely simple. Put the peeled garlic cloves in a sealable container, such as a jar or bottle, then pour in vinegar, seal the mouth and put them in a cool place. Slowly, garlic will turn green when soaked in vinegar, and finally it will turn green all over, just like jade and jasper. What to eat on Laba Festival? Different names for cooking "five beans" Laba porridge in some places is called "five beans" instead of "Laba porridge". Some were made on the day of Laba, some were made on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, and some "sparrow heads" were kneaded with flour and cooked with rice and beans. It is said that Laba's eating "sparrow head" sparrow has a headache and will not harm crops in the coming year. This kind of "five beans" is cooked not only for eating, but also for relatives and neighbors. When you eat it every day, heat it and eat it together until the 23 rd of the twelfth lunar month, which symbolizes more than a year. What to eat on Laba Festival? In some places in northern China where there is little or no rice production, Laba noodles must be tasted. People eat laba noodles instead of laba porridge. The next day, the whole family will eat Laba noodles on the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The above are different foods eaten by different customs on Laba Festival. The representative and meaning of each food are basically the same. 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