Laba encountered a severe cold this year, as the saying goes:? When the cold meets Laba, the grain is hard to touch the jar? The meaning is simple: when the great cold meets Laba, it is difficult for grains to touch the grain storage tank in the coming year. In ancient times, when people harvested grain, they would store it in a jar and take it when needed.

Laba Festival plays an important role in our country. As the first festival in the new year, everyone attaches great importance to it. As the saying goes, After Laba, it will be the New Year, and after Laba Festival, it will also kick off the busy year. ?

1. Laba porridge

Laba porridge is not only a delicious food, but also places people's good expectations for the prosperity of six animals and the bumper harvest of five grains, and it is a continuation of Chinese traditional culture. The ingredients of Laba porridge are generally black rice, glutinous rice, coix seed, chestnuts, lotus seeds, peanuts, longan, oats, red dates, etc., and the practice of Laba porridge varies from place to place. ? Eat porridge early and have a bumper harvest next year? The older generation pays attention to drinking Laba porridge before noon, but it is not good to drink it after noon, which will affect the next year's harvest. Second, laba noodles

in some places, besides laba porridge, laba noodles are also eaten. Noodles should be rolled to the width of leek leaves, and soybeans and red beans should be run away with water one night in advance. On the morning of Laba Festival, you should cook soup with beans, cook noodles with medium heat, heat oil in a pan, add chopped green onion and saute until fragrant, and then pour the cooked noodles into hot oil. Eating laba noodles has the meaning of longevity, recreation and peace. Third, Laba garlic

There is also the custom of brewing Laba garlic on this day in most parts of Beijing and North China. Laba garlic is garlic soaked in vinegar. In some northern areas, it is a necessary custom to soak Laba garlic. Old people at home do it every year. Peel garlic, put it in a sealed jar, pour rice vinegar to fully immerse garlic, and put it in a low-temperature ventilated place. Garlic can be eaten when it turns light green. Garlic soaked in vinegar has a special flavor. Fourth, Laba vinegar

The vinegar soaked in Laba garlic is Laba vinegar, and it is usually dipped in Laba vinegar when eating jiaozi in the New Year. V. Eating Ice

Eating ice means eating ice frozen the night before Laba Festival. On the day before Laba Festival, the container is filled with water, and the container is placed outdoors to naturally freeze. On Laba Festival, the ice is broken into pieces to eat. In folklore, the ice on the day of Laba Festival has magical effects. Eating it won't cause stomachache in the next year. Although there is no scientific basis, it is also an expectation of China ancestors for their health.

In addition to eating delicious food, there are some traditional customs in Laba Festival: 1. Sacrifice

In ancient times, Laba Festival was designated as a day to worship ancestors and gods. Up to now, there are still many places where grand ceremonies will be held to pray for peace and good harvest in the coming year. Second,? Laba doesn't eat her mother's family's meal, and her ancestors can't afford it?

Daughters who get married on Laba Day can't go back to their parents' home for dinner, because it will ruin the family's wealth, and if it is serious, generations will not be rich. In addition, some places have entered the twelfth lunar month gate, and they can't go back to their parents' homes on every eighth day, that is, the eighth day, the eighteenth day and the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. However, with the development of the times and the change of people's concepts, parents are still very happy when they return to their parents' homes on Laba Festival. After all, it is not easy for their children to get together at home.

Of course, the customs of Laba Festival are slightly different because there are different food cultures in the north and the south.