January,7th, 2025 , it’s the eighth day of Chinese Lunar November ,the Laba Festival .
Laba, also known as Laba in ancient times. On this day, up to the royal palace aristocrats, down to the common people, every household will boil a pot of Laba porridge. Offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods, celebrating the harvest.
Laba porridge, also known as “Seven treasures and five flavors porridge”,” Buddha porridge:, “Everyone’s rice”, etc., is a porridge made from a variety of ingredients. “Eating Laba porridge” is the custom of the Laba Festival. The traditional ingredients of Laba porridge include rice, millet, corn, coix seed, red dates, lotus seeds, peanuts, longan and various beans.
The fire in the bottom of the pot gently dancing, porridge in the pot rolling, sweet greasy smell in the air swing open.
With the heat rising, there is also the practical happiness in winter, and the hope of the New Year. And the bitterness of the old year melted in this bowl of hot porridge.
A bowl of warm porridge, the beginning of the New Year,after the Laba, is the New Year, is reunion, followed by spring, is the beginning of a long dream.
Have a bowl of laba porridge
Post time: Jan-08-2025