The history of drinking Laha congee in China has been more than a thousand years. On every Laha day, whether it is the court, government, temples or people's homes have to make 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, 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, families also do Laha congee, sacrifices to ancestors.