South:

Jiangsu, such as the Lahai congee sweet and salty two kinds of savory Lahai congee will be added with green vegetables and cooking oil.

The Laha congee in Suzhou region has ingredients such as water chestnuts, tzatziki mushrooms, pine nut kernels, walnut kernels, fructus cornutum, chestnuts, red dates, fungus, enoki mushrooms, and bok choy.

North:

such as Beijing like to add with more items in the grains, such as dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pine nuts, cinnamon, hazelnuts, grapes, white fruits, rhombus, green silk, roses, red beans, peanuts? Total no less than twenty kinds.

Shandong traditional congee culture was y influenced by the "Confucian food system", which is divided into two categories, one type is made of barley kernels, cinnamon, lily, lotus seeds, red dates, chestnuts, round-grained rice, etc., congee into the bowl should also be added to some carved into various shapes of fruits, is the embellishment; the other type is made of rice, sliced meat, cabbage, tofu, etc. boiled.

In addition to the five grains, the choice of ingredients for Lapa congee is also very important in all parts of China.