The delicacies eaten during the Laba Festival are as follows:

1. Laba porridge?: Laba porridge is also called eight-treasure porridge. It contains "all five flavors". The eight treasures have the meaning of auspiciousness, and among the five flavors, " "Bitterness" has a place, contrasted with "Eight Treasures", and gradually evolved into the folk customs discussed today.

2. Laba Tofu: Laba Tofu is a tofu made by drying it in every household in Yixian County before and after Laba Festival. People in Yixian County who live a simple life go out to do business, so it can be eaten as a dish for a long time. Laba tofu is made from small soybeans. A hole is dug in the middle, salt is put in, and it is baked in the mild sun to allow the salt to be slowly absorbed.

3. Wheat kernel rice: Instead of drinking porridge during the Laba Festival in Xining, people eat wheat kernel rice. On the evening of the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, boil the newly ground wheat kernels with beef and mutton, add green salt, ginger peel, pepper, grass fruit, Miaoxiang and other condiments, and simmer over a slow fire overnight.

4. Laba noodles: In some places in northern my country that do not produce or produce little rice, people do not eat Laba porridge, but eat Laba noodles. The next day, make sautee with various fruits and vegetables, roll out the noodles, and on the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the whole family will eat Laba noodles.

5. Sticky Fire Spoon: As the saying goes, if it is too cold in Laba Day, your chin will freeze off, so you have to eat some sticky food to stick your chin. Sticky fire ladle is a traditional Laba Festival food in the north. Hundreds of Labas are baked at a time on this day. After they are baked, they are put in a large vat in the warehouse and frozen with snow. When eating, take them out and boil them in a pot.

6. Laba beans: Laba beans are one of the traditional foods in Hunan Province, my country. They have a history of hundreds of years. Folks usually start pickling them after the beginning of winter every year and eat them after the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, so they are called "Laba beans". bean". The finished product has a special fragrance and is extremely delicious, so it is very popular among people.

Introduction to Laba Festival:

1. Laba Festival, commonly known as "Laba", refers to the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (December). The Laba Festival is a festival used to worship ancestors and gods, and to pray for a good harvest and good luck. According to legend, this day is the day when Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, became enlightened under Buddha Yabodhi and founded Buddhism, which is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Therefore, it is also known as the Laba Festival. It is called "Buddha Enlightenment Festival".

2. In China, there is a custom of drinking Laba porridge and soaking Laba garlic during the Laba Festival. In Henan and other places, Laba porridge is also called "everyone's meal". It is a festival to commemorate the national hero Yue Fei.