This year’s Laba will encounter a severe cold. As the saying goes: When a severe cold encounters Laba, it will be difficult for the grain to touch the vat? The meaning is very simple: When the severe cold encounters Laba, it will be difficult for the grain to reach the vat for storing grain in the coming year. In ancient times, when people harvested grain, they would store it in jars and use it when needed.

The Laba Festival plays an important role in our country. As the first festival in the new year, everyone takes it very seriously. As the saying goes, after the Laba Festival, the New Year begins. After the Laba Festival, it also kicks off the busy New Year. ?1. Laba porridge

Laba porridge is not only a delicacy, but also places people’s good expectations for the prosperity of livestock and abundant grains. It is also a continuation of traditional Chinese culture. The ingredients used in Laba porridge are generally black rice, glutinous rice, barley, chestnuts, lotus seeds, peanuts, longan, oats, red dates, etc. The recipe of Laba porridge also varies from place to place. "Eat porridge early, and you will have a good harvest next year." The older generation pays attention to drinking Laba porridge before noon. If you drink it after noon, it will not be good and will affect the harvest of the next year. 2. If you don’t eat food from your parents’ family during Laba Festival, will your ancestors be able to afford it?

Daughters who get married on the Laba Festival cannot go back to their parents’ family to eat, because this will ruin the family’s wealth. If it is serious, generations of ancestors will not be rich. stand up. In addition, in some places, if you enter the twelfth lunar month, you cannot return to your parents' home on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, that is, the eighth, eighteenth and twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month. However, with the development of the times and the changes in people's concepts, parents are still very happy when they return to their parents' home on Laba Festival. After all, it is not easy for children to go home and reunite together. 3. Sacrifice

In ancient times, the Laba Festival was designated as a day to worship ancestors and gods. Until now, grand ceremonies are still held in many places to pray for peace and prosperity and a good harvest in the coming year. . 4. Eating ice

The so-called eating ice means eating frozen ice the night before the Laba Festival. On the day before the Laba Festival, fill a container with water and put the container outdoors to freeze naturally. Break the ice into pieces and eat it on this day. According to folklore, the ice on Laba Festival has miraculous effects. Eating it will prevent stomachaches in the next year. Although there is no scientific basis, it can be regarded as an expectation of Chinese ancestors for good health. 5. Laba noodles

In some places, in addition to Laba porridge, they also eat Laba noodles. The noodles should be rolled into the width of leek leaves, and the soybeans and red beans should be washed with water the night before. On the morning of the Laba Festival, use Boil soup with beans, cook noodles over medium heat, heat oil in a pot, add chopped green onions and saute until fragrant, then pour cooked noodles into hot oil. Eating Laba noodles has the meaning of longevity, happiness and peace. 6. Laba Garlic

Beijing and most parts of North China still have the custom of brewing Laba garlic on this day. Laba garlic is garlic soaked in vinegar. In some northern areas, soaking Laba garlic is a must-have custom. Elderly people in the family do it every year. Peel the garlic and put it in a sealable jar. Pour in rice vinegar to fully submerge the garlic. Put it in a low-temperature and ventilated place. Garlic can be eaten when it turns light green. Garlic soaked in vinegar has a unique flavor. 7. Laba Vinegar

The vinegar used to soak Laba garlic is Laba vinegar. It is usually dipped in Laba vinegar when eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

Of course, since the northern and southern regions have different food cultures, the customs of the Laba Festival are slightly different. But one thing is that you must drink Laba porridge.