1. Pickling Laba garlic with garlic is a custom in North China. As the name suggests, garlic is brewed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. In fact, the ingredients are very simple, just vinegar and garlic cloves. The method is also extremely simple. Put the peeled garlic cloves into a container that can be sealed, such as a jar or bottle, then pour vinegar into it, seal it and put it in a cold place.

2. Cooking "Five Beans" In some places, porridge cooked on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is not called "Laba porridge", but called "five beans". Some cook it on the day of Laba, and some cook it on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month. After that, you also need to knead some "bird heads" with flour and cook them with rice and beans (five kinds of beans). It is said that if people eat "sparrow heads" in Laba, the sparrows will have headaches and will not harm their crops in the coming year.

3. Laba Noodles In some places in northern my country that do not produce or produce little rice, people do not eat Laba porridge, but eat Laba noodles. The next day, make sautee with various fruits and vegetables, roll out the noodles, and on the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the whole family will eat Laba noodles.