Why do we eat ice on Laba Festival? What are the differences between Laba porridge in different places?
Laba Festival is a traditional festival in my country, which falls on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year. Want to know more about Laba Festival? The twelfth month of the lunar calendar represents the severe winter season and also heralds the arrival of the new year. If you want to know more about the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2021, please come to Shui Mo Xiansheng website and take a look.Why do we eat ice on Laba Festival?Eating ice during Laba Festival is a custom in some parts of the north.The day before Laba Festival, people usually use steel basins to scoop water to freeze it. When Laba Festival comes, they take the ice out of the basins and break it into pieces. It is said that the ice on this day is magical and eating it will prevent stomachache for the next year. What are the differences between Laba porridge in different places?1. BeijingBeijing's Laba porridge can be said to be the most exquisite. There are many things mixed in white rice, such as red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pine nuts, longan, grapes, ginkgo nuts, green silk, roses, red beans, peanuts... no less than 20 kinds. People start washing rice, soaking fruits, peeling and removing the cores on the evening of the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month. They then start to simmer on a low fire at midnight and the Laba porridge is considered ready until the next morning. 2. Shaanxi In Shaanxi Province, after Laba porridge is cooked, it must be given to relatives and friends before noon. Finally, the whole family can eat it. It is a good sign to save the leftover Laba porridge if there is any left after a few days of eating it, as it means "abundance every year". If you give the porridge to poor people, you will be accumulating merit for yourself. In some places where rice is not produced or produced in low quantity, people do not eat Laba porridge but Laba noodles. Use various fruits and vegetables to make the sauce and stir-fry the noodles. On the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the whole family eats together. 3. Shandong There are two types of "Laba porridge" in Shandong. One is made with coix seeds, longan, lotus seeds, lily, chestnut, red dates, and glutinous rice. When it is served in a bowl, some "porridge fruit" is added, which is mainly fruits carved into various shapes for embellishment. The other is cooked with rice, meat slices, cabbage, tofu, etc. 4. Gansu The traditional way of cooking Laba porridge in Gansu is to use grains and vegetables. After it is cooked, it is not only eaten by the family, but also distributed to neighbors and used to feed livestock. In Wuwei, Gansu, people pay attention to celebrating "vegetarian Laba Festival". They eat thick rice porridge, lentil rice or thick rice. After cooking, they eat it with fried snacks and twisted dough sticks. The folk custom calls it "lentil porridge with snacks". 5. Henan Henan people eat Laba Rice on the Laba Festival. It is cooked with a variety of ingredients such as millet, mung beans, cowpeas, wheat kernels, peanuts, red dates, and corn. After it is cooked, some brown sugar and walnut kernels are added. The porridge is thick and fragrant, which symbolizes a good harvest in the coming year. 6. Heilongjiang In Heilongjiang Province, in addition to Laba porridge, people also eat "Laba garlic". In the folks, the custom of pickling garlic in vinegar on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is called "Laba garlic". Do you want to know your own Bazi? Want to figure out where your golden marriage is? Click on the [Premium Calculation] below to calculate your horoscope and fortune! |
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