The main customs of the Laha Festival include drinking Laha congee, brewing Laha garlic, eating ice, tanning Laha tofu, and eating Laha noodles.

1, drink Laha congee

Laha congee is usually made of glutinous rice, red beans, cinnamon, jujubes, chestnuts, peanuts, white fruits, etc., which is sweet and hot. Many people think that Laha congee is composed of eight materials, in fact, this is a misunderstanding. "Laha congee" refers to the porridge made on the eighth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, rather than the porridge made from eight ingredients.

As for which ingredients to choose for the congee, there is no particular preference, you can choose according to your own preferences. Most of the temples in Wujiang distribute Lapa congee on Lapa day every year, including Yuantong Temple in Taihu New Town, Xiao Jiuhua Temple in Pingwang Town, Sizhou Zen Temple in Lu Hui, Shengze Jushi Lin, Hengfan Jinyan Temple, Meiyan Qiuzhe Temple, and Tanqiu Mingqing Temple.

2, bubble Lahai garlic

Lahai garlic usually refers to the vinegar pickled garlic, the finished product is bright green in color, the taste of acid, slightly spicy. Because it is often pickled on the eighth day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, it is called "Lahai Garlic". Soaking Laha Garlic is a traditional snack mainly popular in northern China, especially in northern China, and is a holiday food custom of Laha Festival. Garlic is made on the eighth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.

3, eat ice

La Bao early in the morning on this day, people also go to the river, the spring to smash the ice, will be back home, so-called "Lahai ice". Who got up early, the first to hit the ice, who will have more good luck. Women will also use "Lahai ice", bowl of beans and barley ground into a flour loose churn.

4, sunshine Lahai tofu

Lahai tofu is the Yixian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, the folk flavor specialties, but also Lahai Festival food customs. Before and after the Lahai, Yixian households have to sunshine tofu, over time, the folk will be this natural sunshine tofu called "Lahai tofu".

The tofu is made from soybeans, chili peppers, five spices and other raw materials by traditional craftsmanship, and is known as "vegetarian ham". The finished product is yellow and jade-like in color, fluffy in the mouth, salty and sweet, fragrant and fresh.

5, eat Lapa noodle

Lapa noodle is developed on the basis of Lapa congee. In the past in Shaanxi Dali and Lintong, Fengxiang area on the day of Lunar New Year's Day people cook noodles to honor the gods, because of this called "Lunar New Year's Day". At first, the Laha noodles in Guanzhong countryside were made of millet, soybean porridge with noodles, and then with eight kinds of vegetables and meat into bacon under the noodles.