1 Laba porridge is a kind of porridge made with a variety of ingredients during the Laba Festival. It is also called Qibao and five-flavor porridge. Eating Laba porridge to celebrate the harvest has been passed down to this day. In ancient times, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, there was a custom among Chinese people to eat "Laba porridge" (or "Laba rice" in some places). In Henan, Laba porridge, also known as "everyone's meal", is a festive food custom in memory of the national hero Yue Fei. "Yanjing Chronicles·Laba Porridge": "Laba porridge is made from yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet, water chestnut rice, chestnuts, red river beans, peeled jujube paste, etc., cooked in boiling water, and dyed with red peach kernels, almonds, and melon seeds for external use. , peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, white sugar, brown sugar, and grapes for dyeing." Laba porridge, like Laba rice, is a remnant of the ancient wax festival. 2 "Sacrificial Records: Jiao Te Sheng" says that the wax sacrifice is "in the twelfth month of the year, it is a gathering of all things and a feast." Laba porridge is made of food from all directions and cooked in one pot with rice. It is a gathering of all things. , harmonize the meaning of thousands of spirits.