Materials of eight-treasure porridge: Generally, the main ingredients are japonica rice, glutinous rice or black glutinous rice, and auxiliary materials are added, such as mung beans, red beans, lentils, white lentils, red dates, peach kernels, peanuts, lotus seeds, longan, pine nuts, yam, lily, medlar, gorgon euryales, coix seed and so on.

Soak all kinds of beans overnight, rice for half a day, wash red dates and shell dried longan. Add a proper amount of water and rock sugar to all the ingredients, put them in a casserole, bring them to a boil with high fire, and cook them with low fire until the porridge is soft, rotten and sticky.

Origin of eight-treasure porridge

Eight-treasure porridge is also called Laba porridge. In China, Laba has the custom of eating Laba porridge on this day. This custom has a history of more than 1000 years in China, and it first began in the Song Dynasty. In ancient times, after Laba porridge was cooked, it was necessary to worship the gods and ancestors first, and then to give it to relatives and friends, and it must be sent out before noon. Finally, it is eaten by the whole family. If you give porridge to poor people to eat, it is even more good for yourself.