five grains

millet, bean, hemp, wheat and rice

five kinds of grains in ancient times. There are many different opinions about "five grains" in ancient times, and the most important ones are two: one refers to rice, millet, millet, wheat and glutinous rice; The other refers to hemp, millet, millet, wheat and glutinous rice. . "Eight-treasure porridge" is generally made of japonica rice, glutinous rice or black glutinous rice as the main material, and auxiliary materials, such as mung beans, red beans, lentils, white lentils, red dates, peach kernels, peanuts, lotus seeds, longan, pine nuts, yam, lily, medlar, Euryale ferox and coix seed, are added to make porridge.