Laha congee symbolizes the elimination of epidemics, welcoming good fortune, warmth, smoothness, harmony, good luck and so on. Symbol of Laha congee: It is a folk custom to eat Laha congee on the 8th day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar to celebrate a good harvest.

Prayer: In ancient times, emperors and kings in the Laha Festival to carry out the Laha Festival, sacrifices to the eight valleys of the star god, to celebrate the bumper harvest; prayers and wishes for the next year, the country and the people in peace. In the folk also need to sacrifice to heaven and earth, ancestors, gods, thanks to this year's blessing, and pray for next year to continue to give grace. In ancient times, dry things called wax. To the end of December to worship God, fruits and vegetables, grains and cereals, etc. have become dry, worship offerings used naturally are dry. Later, the offerings from the original variety of dry things, gradually evolved into Laha porridge.

In the old days of virtue and charity, rich people usually boiled a lot of Laha rice, Laha congee to the poor, the homeless, widows and orphans, in this cold winter, hot Laha rice can be hungry, but also against the cold, for the poor people is also a kind of enjoyment. And it is also a merit for those who give alms.

Introduction of Laha Festival:

Laha Festival, that is, the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar every year, is also known as "Dharma Treasure Festival", "Buddhahood Festival", "Sungdao Festival" and so on. "and so on. This is a Buddhist festival to commemorate Shakyamuni Buddha, after gradually also become a folk festival.

Laha congee, also known as "seven treasures and five flavors of congee", "Buddha congee", "everyone rice", etc., is a kind of congee made from a variety of ingredients. The earliest written record of Lapa congee was in the Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty Wu Zimu "Meng Liang Record": "The eighth day of this month, the temple is called Laha. Dasha and other temples, all set up five-flavored porridge, the name is Laha congee." China's history of drinking congee on the eighth day of the month, has been more than a thousand years. Every Laha this day, whether it is the imperial government, monasteries or the people's homes to do Laha congee. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of drinking Laha congee was even more prevalent.

In the north of China, there are "children children you do not want, after the Lahai is the year," said the Lahai means the prelude to the start of the New Year. Every Laha Festival, the northern region is busy peeling garlic vinegar, soak Laha garlic, eat Laha noodles Laha porridge. In the South Laha rarely mentioned, Laha Festival is a typical northern holiday.