According to legend, the Heavenly Court wanted to visit the living conditions of the six animals in each house, including the Bull Demon King, Bima Wen and Zhu Bajie, who were sent to manage the six animals in Lari. Doing this will make the animals strong and productive. In some places, some porridge is also smeared on the trunks and flower branches of fruit trees to pray for full fruits next year. In some places, after making Laba porridge, a portion is frozen and eaten daily until the stove is sacrificed on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is a good omen for having more than enough in the coming year. Along with the custom of eating Laba porridge, there are many folk legends. The most common saying is to commemorate the Buddha Sakyamuni. It is said that he was originally a prince of Kapilavastu Kingdom. In order to seek the true meaning of life, he resolutely gave up the throne and became a monk. One day, he came to the country of Magadha in northern India, which was sparsely populated and desolate. He was tired, hungry, oppressed by the heat, and collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, a shepherd girl passed by and fed him a thick porridge like chyle with the grains she brought along with wild fruits, so he didn't starve to death. After being rescued, he meditated under the bodhi tree and founded Buddhism. Therefore, Buddhists call the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month "Enlightenment Day" and eat Laba porridge on this day to commemorate it. During the Han Dynasty, the year-end wax festival must be held every twelfth month of the lunar calendar, so the twelfth month of the lunar calendar was also called the "twelfth month" or "wax month". The porridge cooked on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is named "Laba porridge". There are many origins and legends about "Laba porridge", and different places have different opinions. Among them, the most widely circulated story is about commemorating Sakyamuni's enlightenment. Legend has it that after Sakyamuni escaped from the palace and became a monk in Mount Jiatu, he studied the classics and spent six years in the mountains. When he finished studying the sutra, it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is also known as "the day Sakyamuni attained enlightenment" in general Buddhism. According to the "Cause and Effect Sutra", Sakyamuni had no time to take care of his personal food and clothing due to six years of asceticism. He only ate some wheat and barley every day and was deprived of food and clothing all year round. When his study period expired, he was already in rags, skinny and skinny, and his appearance was like a dead tree. Exhausted, he walked down Mount Jiatu, sat by the river, and begged the villagers. A shepherd woman in the village boiled milk in an alms bowl and gave it to Sakyamuni, which quickly restored his health. After the rise of Buddhism, in order to commemorate this event, this day was designated as a day for the ancient Indian people to "fast monks" and provide food and drink to the poor. After Buddhism was introduced to China in the Eastern Han Dynasty, giving alms on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month gradually turned into the custom of cooking "Laba porridge". Some Buddhist temples in my country cook "Laba porridge" to commemorate the story of the shepherd woman who rescued Sakyamuni by the Nilian River. With the rise of Buddhism, Laba porridge has also become popular among the people. Rich people's Laba porridge is made with dozens of rice, beans and fruit ingredients, and relatives and friends even give it to each other. The poor also have to cook a pot of porridge with millet and red dates on this day in accordance with the season. Legend has it that "if you don't drink porridge during Laba, you will be poorer next year." In the Qing Dynasty, the Laba porridge consumed in the palace was cooked by the lamas of Yonghe Temple and paid tribute. As soon as Laba is over, preparations for the New Year begin, but for the poor, the day to pay off debts is also approaching, because from this time on, debt collectors will come one after another.