The folk nursery rhymes of Laba are as follows: 1. "Children, don't be greedy, it's the New Year after Laba; drink Laba porridge for a few days, it's twenty-three; twenty-three, sugar melons are sticky; twenty-four, sweep the house;"
Twenty-five, frozen tofu; twenty-six, go buy meat; twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; twenty-eight, make the noodles; twenty-nine, steam the steamed buns; stay up all night on the thirtieth; and be full on the first and second day of the lunar month.
"Walking on the street." 2. "Twenty-three, sacrifice to the kitchen official; twenty-four, clean the house; twenty-five, grind tofu; twenty-six, cut the meat; twenty-seven, kill a chicken; twenty-eight, steam jujube flowers."
"On the twenty-nine, go get a drink; on the 30th of the year, make dumplings; on the first day of the Lunar New Year, stick your buttocks out and make random bows." This folk song is a record of the Spring Festival activities, and the activities of people in the Central Plains to purchase new year goods are also based on this.
This convention is carried out.
3. Don’t be greedy, kid, it’s the New Year after Laba Festival.
Laba porridge, drink it for a few days, and it will last for twenty-three days.
Twenty-three, sticky melons; twenty-four, sweep the house; twenty-five, paste the windows; twenty-six, stew pork; twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; twenty-eight, make flour; twenty-nine, steam buns;
Stay up all night on the 30th night; hit the streets on New Year's Day.
This children's song summarizes the activities before and after the Spring Festival, such as Laba Festival, candies to worship stoves, staying up late on the New Year's Eve, New Year greetings, etc. It is catchy to read and is still sung by the disseminators of "popular culture" to this day.
4. Twenty-three, sacrifice to the kitchen official; twenty-four, clean the house; twenty-five, grind tofu; twenty-six, steam the steamed buns; twenty-seven, kill the rooster; twenty-eight, kill the fat duck; twenty-nine,
Drinking fine wine; on the 30th of the year, decorating the door; on the first day of the lunar new year, going out to see a happy occasion, and everything is auspicious.