Hometown Customs Laba Festival Composition (1) Although Laba Festival will be celebrated in many places, the laws are different. Xx people will eat Laba noodles, xx people will make Laba tofu ... XX is to cook Laba porridge.
When it comes to Laba porridge, both men, women and children will drool. Bright colors, attractive fragrance and delicate taste make people drool. Laba porridge, also known as "seven treasures and five flavors porridge" and "everyone's meal", is a holiday food custom to commemorate the national hero Yue Fei. At present, the Laba porridge of xx people is generally cooked with glutinous rice with accessories such as walnut kernel, pine nuts, peanuts, lotus seeds, red dates, longan meat, lychee meat, etc., praying for a long life. Xx people in the old foundation also call Laba porridge "a vegetarian meal". In the past, monks used a laundry list to make a vegetarian meal along the door and took it back to the temple. If you have more than enough food, you will dry the food and collect it. On the morning of Laba Festival, I cooked porridge to repay everyone. On this day every year, the temple uses rice, cereal, dates, lotus and other porridge to offer to the Buddha. Later, in order to repay the grateful believers, they also began to give porridge to believers on this day. Xx people have been eating laba porridge in temples for some years, and there have been records of porridge in temples throughout the dynasties. This custom has been inherited to this day, and today's Laba Festival has free porridge distribution activities in Lingyin Temple, xiangji temple, Jingci Temple and other places.
Laba Festival is very lively, and the aroma of Laba porridge is everywhere in the streets and alleys. The front of the temple was even more crowded, and men, women and children lined up early in the morning. The children were very excited, some excitedly circled around their parents, some tiptoed and craned their necks to try their best to look forward, and some scrambled to push forward ... The old people lined up quietly and talked about their parents' shortcomings. Began to send porridge, "give me a bowl!" " "Me too, me too!" ..... People rushed to urge the monks who filled the porridge, and at that time people were buzzing. The monk picked up the spoon and put a sweet Laba porridge in his hand: "Don't worry, everyone has a share!" "
People who have already taken the porridge can't wait to scoop up a spoonful and put it in their mouth. The light sweetness permeates the whole mouth. When they bite down, the lotus seeds are soft and soft. The peanuts are broken on the tip of the tongue with a gentle sip, and the longan meat is full of water, and the belly is quietly rounded ... After drinking it, the porridge is sweet and slippery, and a hot porridge slides down the throat to the stomach, which immediately drives away the cold and makes the whole body warm. You see, the old man is intoxicated with his face, sipping porridge as if he were drinking nectar; The child on the side buried his little face in the bowl and snored loudly; The charming girl half squints and enjoys returning to Gansu; Those still waiting in line twitched their noses and sniffed the aroma of Laba porridge fluttering in the wind.
People are intoxicated with the delicious Laba porridge. Some children are still not satisfied after eating a bowl. They once again rushed to the front of the queue: "Give me another bowl." "I want more!" The crooked team broke up at once, and people rushed forward for fear of being left out. "Everyone has a share, don't worry!" "Don't squeeze, pay attention to safety!"
The stream of people changed from batch to batch, and the porridge donation activity continued from morning to evening. Until dusk arrival, the pot is empty and the bowl is clean, the activity is over.
"Children, children, don't be greedy. It's the year after Laba." Laba is not as strong as the Spring Festival, but it has a strong flavor of Laba porridge. After drinking this bowl of Laba porridge, it is considered Laba Festival.
My grandma is an out-and-out Tujia, so we have to go back to our hometown-XX every New Year.
On the day of Laba, our family got up when there were stars in the sky. We must eat Laba meat on Laba Festival. My uncle took out a large piece of pork from the refrigerator, only to see that he put the meat on the stove to thaw it, and sprinkled a lot of pepper and Chili powder on it to make the pork colorful. Then my uncle asked me to pass the meat to my father, only to see that my father poured a small bucket of sour cake water, and then used a brush to pour the sour cake water.
After eating Laba meat, you should drink Laba wine. Although Laba wine has the word wine, it is only a fruity drink squeezed from grapes, pears, apples and other fruits. It tastes sour and sweet, and it is very delicious. You can also drink Laba wine with odorless soda water, which tastes better!
After Laba, it will be New Year's Eve. On this day, men will clean up their houses at home, women will go to the market to buy new year's goods, and our children will play with guns in the fields.
In a few days, it will be New Year's Day. My father and uncle are killing pigs and cleaning their internal organs, while our children are playing on the kang in the house. One hour, two hours and three hours passed, and the pork was finally cooked. Dad took a knife and cut a large piece of meat from the pig for us to eat. I asked dad why he had to roast the whole pig together and not divide it into several parts. Dad said, "Because it can symbolize the perfection of our family."
After the family dinner, our Tujia New Year will be over, isn't it full of flavor?
Hometown Customs Laba Festival Composition (3) According to the old rules in my hometown, the Spring Festival begins almost from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the taste of the year comes with it ...
On Laba day, people get up early to cook Laba porridge and soak Laba garlic. At this time, every household of xx people should use whole grains and peanuts, chestnuts, red dates, walnuts, lotus seeds and preserved fruits to make a pot of sweet and sticky Laba porridge. The smell of Laba porridge penetrated the whole alley.
Making laba garlic is also an important project for hometown people. Break the garlic, peel off the garlic and soak it in vinegar. A week later, garlic turned green, tasted sour and delicious, and vinegar already contained garlic flavor. This dish is often cooked in the twelfth lunar month in the north, so it is called "Laba garlic". Jiaozi, when mixed with cold dishes, is very delicious.
People in my hometown make laba dishes in addition to laba garlic. Take the side and the center of Chinese cabbage, remove the head of the cabbage, cut it into segments, wash it with clear water and drain it. Take a clean small jar, put the drenched cabbage in the jar, put raw garlic on it, then remove some white sugar, code one layer and then continue to code the second layer until it reaches the mouth of the jar, and then pour vinegar, which is equal to the food. Seal the cylinder mouth and don't open it halfway. Keep it at room temperature until New Year's Eve. The laba dish is white and green, crisp and refreshing, and sweet and slightly spicy in acid.
As the old saying goes, "The wax drums sound and the spring grass grows." There has been a custom of playing wax drums in my hometown since ancient times. Usually on the twelfth lunar month, or the day before the twelfth lunar month, villagers gather and beat drums to drive away the epidemic. At that time, people will put on masks, pretend to be King Kong Lux, beat waist drums, and sing and dance to show off evil spirits and welcome the wishes of the New Year.
Among them, people like to cut and paste window grilles, magpies climb plums, swallow peaches and willows, peacocks play peony, lions roll hydrangeas, dragons play pearls, Yuanyang play in water and so on, which are all kinds of styles and pleasing.
In the rural areas of my hometown, Laba also has the custom of picking dragon eggs. Before dawn, the male host used a bucket to draw water from the well in the village. According to legend, if you are lucky, there will be dragon eggs in the well. Pick them home for good weather and good luck.
Laba represents the beginning of the year, and it is also an important day in the year. The custom of Laba in my hometown is unique and has quite a flavor.