The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the Laba Festival, a traditional festival in my country. Every year on the eve of the Laba Festival, my mother and grandmother will cook a large pot of Laba porridge for the whole family to enjoy.

As soon as night fell, my mother and grandma got busy, washing rice, soaking fruits, removing pits... Mom and grandma were so busy that they couldn't get enough of each other.

Then it started to boil. When the water in the pot boiled, it started to stew over low heat. I kept yelling: "When can we eat it? Why isn't it ready yet?" My mother saw that I couldn't wait, so she said to me: "It's early, the Laba porridge won't be ready until the next morning." I was disappointed. went to sleep.

The next morning, as soon as I got up, my mother filled a bowl of Laba porridge and put it on the table. I didn't bother to wash my face and brush my teeth, so I ate big mouthfuls. While eating, I looked at the various things in the bowl: red beans, soybeans, red dates, lotus seeds, peanuts... I curiously asked my mother: "Why is Laba Festival so important?" Eat Laba porridge? ""The history of eating Laba porridge in our country has been more than a thousand years.

Every time on Laba day, no matter the court, government, monasteries or ordinary people's homes, they will make Laba porridge.

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The temples cook Laba porridge to worship Buddha; and we cook Laba porridge not only to worship our ancestors, but also to save money. You see, most of the things in this porridge are leftovers from our previous meals. Taking advantage of Laba porridge Cooking a pot of porridge kills two birds with one stone."

My mother paused for a while and then said to me

"Although Laba porridge has the character "eight", it does not necessarily use the word "eight". Made of various materials, red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pine nuts, longans, grapes, ginkgo, red beans, soybeans, mung beans, peanuts... In the past, some people who paid attention to the Laba Festival would also cook it together. The fruits should be carved into human shapes, animal shapes, and flower shapes, and then put into pots to cook.”

I didn’t expect that the Laba Festival is so particular. It seems that I need to know more about the Laba Festival. It’s the Laba Festival again, and I’m so happy!