Laba Congee
by Silently ying
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Difficulty
Easy
Time
1h
Serving
2
The Laba Festival, commonly known as "Laba", is the eighth day of December in the lunar calendar. The ancients had the tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods and praying for a good harvest. In some areas, there was a custom of drinking Laba porridge. The term "la" at the end of the year has three meanings: one means "the waxer, picking up", which means the alternation of the old and the new (recorded in the Book of Sui etiquette); the second means "the waxer hunts together", referring to field hunting. To obtain animals and be good for offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods, "wax" is next to "meat", which is to use meat to "winter sacrifice"; the third is "waxer, to fight epidemic and welcome spring". Will", in fact, it can be said that the eighth day of December is the origin of the day. To celebrate the Laba Festival on January 5, 2017, make Laba porridge and drink Laba porridge! "
