La Ba congee is also called ? Seven Treasures and Five Flavors Congee? The history of drinking Lapa congee in China has been more than a thousand years. The earliest began in the Song Dynasty. Every Laha day, whether it is the court, the government, the temple or the people's home to do Laha congee. By the Qing Dynasty, the custom of drinking Laha congee was even more prevalent. As the saying goes, ? Lapa congee is the most important time of the year. which means the coldest day of the year. Laha is also the season of harvest, so in the month of Laha, the arrival of the year, will eat all the grains to replenish a variety of nutrients.
Drinking Laha congee is a prayer for the well-being of the human body and the prosperity of the family. Because after the waxing moon, to the new year, eat Lapa congee, the year the ground grows out of the grains and cereals, all kinds of vegetables are eaten, nothing is too much, indicating that the farmers on the land harvested everything is cherished, and I hope that in the new year, what crops can grow well, can get a good harvest.
The legend of Lapa congee has been passed down from the founder of Buddhism in India, Siddhartha Gautama; there are also remembered Lapa family not thrifty life lessons; from ? The legend of Lapa congee has been passed down from Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism in India. The custom; to mourn the death of starvation in the Great Wall site workers; education of future generations to be thrifty; out of people's nostalgia for the loyal courtier Yue Fei; Lapa congee saved the life of Zhu Yuanzhang and so on the legend.
Anciently, the sons of heaven or the lords, at the end of the year, had to hold a ceremony called the Wax Sacrifice to honor the eight natural deities. The wax festival was later popularized to the folk, and its custom still survives today, that is, on the eighth day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, people in the south should eat Laha rice, and people in the north should drink Laha congee. Since the pre-Qin Dynasty, the Laha Festival has been used to worship ancestors and gods, and to pray for a good harvest and good luck. The Chinese custom of drinking Laha congee was very popular in the Song Dynasty. On the day of Laha, the imperial court, government, temples, and the homes of the people all made Laha congee. By the Qing Dynasty, the custom of drinking Laha congee was even more prevalent. In the court, the emperor, the empress, the emperor's son and so on to the civil and military ministers, attendants courtesans to give Laha congee, and to the various monasteries to distribute rice, fruit and so on for the monks to eat. In the folk world, families also make Laha congee to honor their ancestors; at the same time, they gather together to eat it and give it to their friends and relatives. Lunar New Year's Day, the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, people used to be called ? Lunar month? It is said that after the Qin Shi Huang united China, he ordered to rename the twelfth month of the year as the Lunar New Year. Lunar month? And? Lunar? The word did not officially appear until the Han Dynasty.