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March 3 is a traditional festival of the Han nationality, which was previously called "Shangsi Day" and falls on March 3 in the summer calendar.

The origin of "March 3" can be traced back to the commemoration of Fu Xishi. Fuxi and his sister, Nu Wa, unearthed human beings to reproduce. In eastern Henan, Fuxi is honored as the "ancestor", and the ancient temple of Taihaoling was built in Huaiyang (the capital of Fuxi). From February 2nd to March 3rd of the lunar calendar, the Temple Fair of Taihaoling was held. Good men and women all gathered in the mausoleum area to worship their ancestors.

The third day of the third lunar month is also the day when the legendary Queen Mother opens a flat peach party. There is a poem in Zhi Zhu, Beijing, describing the grand occasion of the temple fair in the Flat Peach Palace: "Born in spring on the third day of March, the Flat Peach Palace burns incense; The wind rises slightly along the river and the red dust is everywhere. " Legend has it that the Queen Mother of the West was originally the patron saint of a primitive tribe in western China. She has two magic weapons: one is to take the elixir of life, and the other is to eat peaches-flat peaches, which can prolong life. The legendary Chang 'e flew to the Moon Palace after stealing the elixir from her husband Hou Yi. Since then, in some strange novels, the Queen Mother of the West has been described as the god of longevity.

In ancient times, the third day of March was regarded as "thinking", and the Han Dynasty was designated as a festival. "Today is the third day of the month, and the officials and the people are all on the east running water (clean). It is called "removing dirt (disease)" (Book of Rites). Later, water banquets and outings were added.

After Wei and Jin Dynasties, Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3rd, which was used by later generations and became a festival for Han people to drink at the water's edge and have a spring outing in the suburbs.

On March 3, there is a legend about the origin of boiled eggs with rice dishes. During the Three Kingdoms period, the famous doctor Hua Tuo came to Miancheng to collect herbs. One day, when he was sheltering from the rain in an old man's house, he saw that the old man had a headache, dizziness, pain and embarrassment. Hua tuo immediately diagnosed the old man, picked a handful of rice dishes in the old man's garden, and asked the old man to take juice and boil eggs. The old man obeyed, took three eggs and recovered. The story spread, people scrambled eggs with rice in succession, and the craze spread all over urban and rural areas. Hua tuo treated the elderly on March 3, so it became a custom in Mianyang to fry eggs with rice on March 3. Later, it gradually spread and became popular in Jianghan Plain.

Cooking eggs with rice on March 3 has become a well-known folk custom. On this day, people collect a handful of rice dishes from the ground, wash them, put them in a pot, add a proper amount of water, add spices such as cinnamon, star anise, spiced powder and soy sauce, cook them with eggs, and pick them up after cooking. This is not only delicious food, but also health and medical care. In Hunan, on the third day of the third lunar month, we eat local dishes and boil eggs, and pay more attention to freshness and ingredients. The ground vegetables must be collected on the third day of March, and then boiled with Chinese herbal medicines such as ginger slices, maple syrup balls, red dates and roadside thorns, so that the boiled soup and eggs have more medicinal value and significance. According to the older generation, if you really want to achieve the therapeutic effect of expelling wind and detoxifying, it is actually the best to cook duck eggs with fresh vegetables.

"Don't forget to boil eggs on the third day of the third lunar month. I ate my back at noon and my legs were not soft in the afternoon. " Shepherd's purse, also known as Dihuazi, grows in fields, roadsides and gardens. Shepherd's purse has many tender leaves and roots, and has a unique and attractive fragrance and delicious taste. There is a folk saying that "shepherd's purse is a magic pill on March 3" and "shepherd's purse is an elixir in spring". The vegetable is cool and sweet, has the functions of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and can be used for treating hematemesis, hematuria, metrorrhagia and dysentery. On the third day of March in this beautiful spring, take a handful of fresh vegetables home and boil eggs. While tasting the breath of spring, you will also eat for a year, which is nutritious and delicious. Why not?

On the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, it was called "Shangsi Day" in ancient times. It was a day for the ancients to go out for an outing, and it was also a good opportunity for men and women to meet in the wild and express their love last year.

In ancient times, there were three very important festivals in March. Du Fu's two poems for the road in the Tang Dynasty described the grand occasion of this festival: on the third day of March, the weather was fresh and many beautiful women were walking along the Chang 'an seaside.

Unfortunately, after the Song Dynasty, the ethical code became more and more strict, and private meetings between men and women were not allowed. This festival is gradually fading away and finally forgotten by people. The outing was also changed to Qingming.

Fortunately, however, the ethnic minorities in the southwest still maintain the holiday custom of March 3.

On this day, all the Hezu men and women dressed up to go out and hold a song party, quite like the Tang Dynasty.

In Taiwan Province Province and Fujian Province, March 3rd is the "March Festival", and "the first worship is to pick the vermicelli mixed with the rat weed" (Gan Qing Tommy Tam's "Ode to Taiwan Province Province").

There is a "March Meeting" in Zhongxian County, Sichuan Province, and a grand event is held to commemorate the anti-enemy general Man Zi. On that day, the crowd carried the statue of Ba Man Zi and marched around the city, followed by the social fire team, playing dragon lanterns and dancing lions. Everyone decorated lanterns and set off firecrackers, which was very lively. Traditional festivals of many ethnic minorities in southern China.

Zhuang people, more than March 3rd, caught up with the Song market, set up the Song shed, and held the Song Hui. Young men and women sing, touch eggs, throw hydrangeas and fall in love. According to legend, it is also called the Song Fairy Festival, which was formed to commemorate Liu Sanjie, a singer of Zhuang nationality.

Dong people hold more activities than festivals, such as fireworks, bullfighting, Touma, singing duets and stepping on the hall, also known as the "Fireworks Festival".

Buyi people, in festivals, kill pigs to sacrifice social gods and mountain gods, eat yellow glutinous rice, and don't talk to each other for three or four days. Yao people regard March 3rd as "Ganba Festival", which is a collective fishing and hunting festival. They distribute the caught wild fish door to door, enjoy the joy of harvest, and then gather in the square to sing and dance to celebrate the festival.

She nationality takes March 3rd as Gu Mi's birthday, and every household eats black rice.

"March 3rd" is the biggest festival of Li nationality. Li people call March 3rd "the blessing of the year", which is a festival to wish "mountain orchids" (dry valleys in mountainous areas) and harvest hunting, and it is also a day for young men and women to communicate freely. Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, all counties, towns, townships and villages will hold grand celebrations. The venue is generally located in an open rubber forest, with green leaves covering the sky and a "carpet" at the foot, which is quiet, cool and quiet. No wonder "March 3" has become the freedom of local people to choose their spouses, and it is called "love plot". There is a beautiful legend about its origin.

It is said that a long time ago, Qizhiling area suffered a rare drought, and people lived like days. One morning, a young man named Yayin told everyone that he dreamed of a lark. In order to get rid of this disaster, he had to climb to the top of Wuzhishan and blow his nose to trap him. Yabu volunteered to climb to the top of Wuzhishan, where he played his beloved nose flute. It blew for three days and nights until a lark flew out of the valley. ADB is scrambling to catch up. He chased a hill. Finally, ADB saw that the lark had become a very beautiful Li girl. The girl promised to go to earth with ADB to save the disaster. After the drought was lifted, I didn't expect it, but I angered the Lord. He sent his servant to catch Miss Lark. At this time, ADB came, and they hid in a cave. When the master ordered the servants to burn to the cave, suddenly dark clouds rolled, thunder rumbled, rocks cracked, and landslides broke out, and the evil master and servants were killed. ADB and Miss Bailing became a pair of birds and flew into the sky. The villagers heard the news, looked at them, sang and danced excitedly, and wished them happiness. This day is the third day of the third lunar month, and has since become a traditional festival of the Li family.

In order to celebrate March 3, the preparations should be carried out half a month in advance. The man went hunting in the mountains, salted and sealed his prey; Women spring rice, do Zongba at home; Young men and women prepare beautiful clothes and betrothal gifts. Prey and zongzi are offered as sacrifices to ancestors in the auditorium. If the hunting fails, it will be changed to killing chickens and sacrificed by clan elders.

On the day of the festival, Li people gather together to wish the "mountain orchid" (mountain upland rice) and hunting a double harvest. The old people came to the most popular nursing home in the village with pickled mountain flavor and brewed glutinous rice wine, sitting on the floor and drinking banana leaves and papaya leaves.

On festivals, men, women and children are dressed up and eating cakes and zongzi. Boys fish, girls cook and fish, and then sacrifice the cave with Tianfei and Guanyin fossils. After the sacrifice, young people came to the activity venue to shoot arrows, climb poles, wrestle, tug-of-war and swing. As night fell, a bonfire was lit on the shore, the boys spread their flower umbrellas, and the girls' silver ornaments and shell ornaments flashed in the firelight. Young men and women will drink, sing and dance until late at night. Love songs are euphemistic, and the dance gradually rises, from gentle lyricism to unrestrained joy.

Sometimes couples leave the bonfire quietly. The young man hung the ear bell on the girl's ear, inserted the hairpin made of deer bone into the aunt's bun, and the girl tied her carefully woven colorful belt around her lover's waist. The two sides vowed to meet on March 3 next year. Because March 3 is related to marriage and love in terms of its origin and main activities, it is also called love plot.

Other ethnic groups, such as Shui, Miao, Mulao and Maonan, have their own traditional festivals and customs on March 3rd.

February 2nd is called "Spring Dragon Festival" in the north and "Walking Festival" in the south. It is said that "February 2nd" was originally a sacrificial day in the Zhou Dynasty, but it evolved into a folk festival in the Tang Dynasty.

February 2(nd)

As the saying goes, "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up". The origin of this sentence is related to China's understanding of stellar motion and agricultural solar terms in ancient astronomy. In the ancient astronomical observation model of China, 28 constellations were identified on the ecliptic on Sunday, which were called Twenty-eight Hostels. Twenty-eight lodges are divided into four palaces according to the southeast and northwest, and they are attached to four animals according to their images. Among them, the seven nights in the East Palace are imagined as a dragon. Every year in February of the lunar calendar, there will be a horn in the leading position on the eastern horizon, so it is commonly known as "the dragon looks up".

February 2 is a day to pray for good weather and good harvest. This is an ancient custom in some places in the north. On this morning, every household should carry lanterns to fetch water from the well or the river, and burn incense and sacrifice when they get home. This is called "attracting dragons". On the contrary, in some places, it is forbidden to carry water on this day, for fear of bringing back dragon eggs or disturbing Qinglong, which will ruin the good weather. The food on this day is also named after dragons: eating noodles is called "picking the dragon's head", eating fried cakes is called "eating gentian", eating pancakes is called "exposing the dragon's skin" and eating twists is called "biting the keel" to show good luck.

February 2 is also a day to look forward to academic success. In the past, teachers in private schools often accepted students on this day, which was called "taking the lead". Students will also chant: "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up, but if the dragon didn't look up, I looked up."

February 2nd is the day when the daughter-in-law returns to her parents' home. According to the old custom, the daughter-in-law must live in her husband's house for the first month and is not allowed to return to her family until the first month. Therefore, there is also a folk song "February 2, pick up the baby, can't pick it up, cry", which shows the parents' mentality of looking forward to their daughter's return.

According to some old customs in northern China, after getting up in the morning of February 2, farmers will find long poles to knock on the beams to wake up the "dragon", then use plant ash to lead a "grey dragon" to the well platform, and then use chaff to lead a "golden dragon" from the well platform to the water tank; Eat rice cakes and pig's head meat for breakfast, spring cakes and fried beans for lunch; Near dusk, every household should spread a circle around the house with the ashes from the stove chamber, which is called a society around, in order to keep out all evil and disasters. Anyone who has relatives far away from home should leave a message in this circle, expressing his expectation that they will return to their hometown as soon as possible.

On this day, everyone has to have a haircut, which means "the dragon looks up" and is auspicious. It is called "scraping the faucet" to give children a haircut. Women are not allowed to move needle and thread, for fear of hurting the "dzi beads"; People can't draw water from wells either. They should fill their water tanks on the first day, or they will touch the tap.

Folklore "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up; On this day, farmers are full of hope for the new year. They are excited about the coming spring ploughing and sowing, and pray that the legendary "dragon" can raise its head and shake its body and soak it in the rain to moisten the soil.

On February 2 nd, the eating custom of lifting the dragon head

On the second day of the second lunar month, folklore is the day when dragons look up, also known as "Spring Dragon Festival". There is a folk Song Like: "On February 2, the dragon looked up, the big warehouse was full, and the small warehouse flowed." On this day, people worship the Dragon King with many delicious foods, hoping that it can spread clouds and rain.

Ordinary people eat noodles, spring cakes, popcorn, pork head and so on. On this day. Different regions have different foods, but most of them are related to dragons. Generally, the name of food is added with the title of "dragon". For example, eating jiaozi is called eating "dragon ears"; Eating spring cakes is called eating "Longlin"; Eating noodles is called eating "dragon beard meat"; Eating rice is called eating "dragon son"; Eating wonton is called eating "longan"

Eating spring cakes is called "eating Longlin". A spring pancake bigger than the palm of your hand is like a piece of Long Lin. Spring cakes are hard and contain many dishes. Such as sauce meat, elbow, smoked chicken, sauce duck, etc. Cut them into filaments with a knife and stir-fry them with some home-cooked dishes, such as fried shredded pork with leek, fried shredded pork with spinach, mung bean sprout vinegar, vegetarian fried vermicelli and scrambled eggs. , and rolled into spring cakes, dipped in shredded onion and sesame oil noodle sauce, really delicious and refreshing. When eating spring cakes, the family sits around, puts the baked spring cakes into the steamer and takes them while eating. Hot and happy.

There is a legend about eating popcorn on the second day of February.

According to legend, when Wu Zetian was emperor, the Jade Emperor ordered that it should not rain on the ground for three years. However, Yulong, who is in charge of Tianhe, couldn't bear the people to suffer from disaster and starvation, and a heavy rain came secretly. When the Jade Emperor learned about it, he buried the Jade Dragon in charge of Tianhe under a mountain. There is a monument at the foot of the mountain, which reads: "The rain of the Dragon King violates heaven and should be punished by the world for generations. If you want to climb the peak tower again, unless the golden beans bloom. " In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for golden beans in full bloom. On the second day of February of the following year, when people were turning golden corn seeds, it suddenly occurred to them that this kind of corn was like golden beans, and it blossomed as soon as it was fried. Isn't it golden beans? So every household popped popcorn, put on record and burned incense in the yard, offering "flowering golden beans" to the Dragon King and the Jade Emperor. Knowing that the people were saving it, the Dragon King shouted to the Jade Emperor, "Golden beans are blooming, let me out!" As soon as the Jade Emperor saw the golden beans in the yard of every household in the world blooming, he would send a message to recall the Dragon King to heaven and continue to send clouds and rain to the world. Since then, people have formed a custom. On the second day of February, people pop popcorn and fry soybeans.

There is also a saying that pig's head meat is eaten on February 2.

Since ancient times, pigs, cows and sheep have been used to worship the gods, and later it was simplified to the head of the three animals, and the pig head is one of them. According to a story recorded in Qiu Chi's Notes in the Song Dynasty, Wang Zhongling was very hungry after pacifying Bashu, so he broke into a temple in a small village, but he met a drunken monk. Wang Zhongling was furious and wanted to cut it, but he didn't know that the monk was afraid. Wang Zhongling was very surprised and asked him for food. Soon the monk presented a plate of "steamed pig's head" and wrote a poem for it: "The monk said that when steaming, the banana leaves were wrapped and watered with apricot paddles when cooked. Red, fresh and elegant, called Jin panting, ripe and soft, really like jade. If there is no comparison between hairy roots, felt roots will eat vines. " Wang Zhongling ate steamed pig's head, and was very happy to hear the funny and unique "pig's head poem", so he named the monk "Master of Purple Clothes". It seems that the pig's head is really delicious, and it is also an auspicious symbol of turning the corner and making rapid progress. Now there is a famous dish called "roast pork face", which can be served after twelve steps, such as selecting ingredients, cleaning, spraying, soaking, making sauce and cooking for more than ten hours. There are three kinds of "roast pig face", one is the original taste; The second is to dip in the sauce; The third is to roll pancakes to eat. Every way of eating has a different taste. "Roasted pig's face" is fat but not greasy, the meat and bones are separated, and it tastes delicious, which brings beauty and brain-strengthening effects to modern people. Eating modern "pork noodles" on February 2 nd and recalling the history of ancient catering is really a perfect experience of blending contemporary and history.

Laba Festival

Legend of Laba Festival In China, people are used to calling December of the lunar calendar the twelfth lunar month and the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month the twelfth lunar month or Laba Festival, which is a traditional festival. Many customs related to the twelfth lunar month or Laba are often labeled as "wax".

"La" was originally the name of the ancient year-end sacrifice. Cai Yong's book "Arbitrariness" in the Eastern Han Dynasty clearly stated: "Wax people are sacrificed at the end of the year." Ying Shao's book "Custom Pass" also said: "The Book of Rites": a wax hunter hunted animals to sacrifice his ancestors. Or: "If you are a wax worker, you will receive it, and if you make new friends, you will be rewarded with a big sacrifice."

In ancient agricultural society, many people's customs and habits were closely related to agricultural production. Whenever there is a bumper harvest in agricultural production, people think that it is the result of the help and protection of the gods and ancestors of heaven and earth, so they will hold a grand sacrifice to thank the gods and ancestors of heaven and earth who are in charge of the stormy farmland and pray for a good weather in the coming year. In farmers' life, people are very busy in the first three seasons, and only have time in winter, so La Worship is often held at the end of the year. Over time, people call the year when La Worship is held in a year "the twelfth lunar month".

However, before the Qin and Han Dynasties, due to the different calendars used by different generations, the months referred to by the twelfth lunar month were also inconsistent. According to some ancient records, it was not until after the Qin and Han Dynasties that the December of the lunar calendar, which alternated between the old and the new in late winter and early spring, was fixed as the "twelfth month" at the end of the year. But until now, the date of La Worship has not been fixed-sometimes at the beginning of the month, sometimes at the end of the month, and in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, because most of La Worship at that time was on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the god worshipped by La Worship happened to be there at that time, so people fixed the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Since then, the theory of Laba Festival has gradually spread and become a traditional folk festival-Laba Festival.

In ancient times, people had many other activities besides offering sacrifices to gods and their ancestors in the twelfth lunar month. The Han dynasty stipulated that the twelfth lunar month should take the shrine of pigs and sheep as the country, and the officials and the people had a big feast on this day. After the drinking festival in the twelfth lunar month of Jin Dynasty, old people and children played the game of hiding hooks. During the Six Dynasties, in the twelfth lunar month, villagers dressed up as Nuo with drums and masks to drive away the epidemic. For example, in the Chronicle of Jingchu Years written by Liang Zonggu in the Southern Dynasties, it said: "The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the second day of the twelfth lunar month. As the saying goes,' The drums sound and the spring grass grows'. The villagers also play waist drums and wear Hu tou, which is the king kong lux to drive away the epidemic, bathe and remove the sin barrier. " Drive away evil spirits with the power of King Kong Lux, and ensure a bumper harvest and peace in the coming year. In the Tang Dynasty, on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor asked his ministers to give him a bite of fat and wax, which was called "giving wax". After Song Xining, there were gifts of oral fat and flour medicine for the monarch and his subjects in the twelfth lunar month. As for the origin of Laba porridge, it is related to a Buddhist legend. Legend has it that Sakyamuni never thought about asceticism for six years before becoming a Buddha, so he was weak and mentally weak. One day, after bathing in the Nellian Zen River, I was dizzy with hunger. Wild fruits and miscellaneous grains, clear spring cooking porridge. Sakyamuni drank porridge, regained his strength, meditated under the bodhi tree, and finally realized the Tao on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in China. Later, Buddhists designated this day as "Buddhism Day" and held a grand ceremony to commemorate it every year.

In the past, Laba Festival was also a prelude to the Spring Festival. From this day on, many people began to be busy killing pigs and curing bacon with tofu to buy new year's goods, which made the atmosphere in 2008 increasingly strong. The current Laba Festival has lost its original superstitious color of worshipping God, Buddha and ancestors to drive away the epidemic. The only popular holiday custom is to drink Laba porridge. The custom of eating Laba porridge in Laba has a history of thousands of years in China, and it has different origins.

According to legend, in the northern part of ancient India, that is, in the southern part of Nepal today, there was a king suddhodana in Luowei, Carpil. He has a son named Gautama Siddharta. When he was young, he felt all kinds of troubles in the world, found that social life was futile, and was extremely dissatisfied with the theocracy of Brahmanism. So, at his age, he gave up the luxurious life of the royal family, became a monk, studied yoga and practiced asceticism for many years. According to historical records, this day is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in China. Because he was Sakyamuni, Buddhists later called him Sakyamuni, which means Sakyamuni's saint. After Buddhism was introduced into China, monasteries were built everywhere, and the activity of cooking porridge to worship Buddha became popular. Especially on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, when Sakyamuni offered sacrifices to cultivate Buddha, all monasteries held chanting, and imitated the legendary program of offering a kind of "chyle" before Buddhism became a Buddha, and cooked porridge to worship Buddha. This is the origin of Laba porridge.

In the Song Dynasty, Wu wrote Meng Lianglu for six years: "The eighth day, the temple name is Laba. Dasha Temple and other places have five-flavored porridge, which is called' Laba porridge'. " At this time, Laba porridge has become a folk custom, but at that time, the emperor also used it to win over all ministers. Guo Sun, a native of Yuan Dynasty, wrote a story about his visit to Yan Dou: "On December 8th, Guanbai porridge was sent, which was mixed with rice and fruit. More goods win, and this story follows the story of the Song Dynasty. " "Yongle Dadian" records that "it is the eighth day of the month, which the Zen family calls Laba Festival, and the porridge is cooked for the Buddha." In the third year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, Sejong changed his residence east of imperial academy in Andingmen to the Lama Temple. On the day of Laba, in Wanfuge and other places in the palace, Laba porridge was cooked in a pot, and monks were invited to recite scriptures, and then the porridge was distributed to the palace ministers for tasting for the festival. "Guangxu Shuntian Mansion Records" says: "On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Yonghe officials cooked porridge, customized it, sent ministers to supervise it, and covered the rice." Laba porridge is also called "Qibao porridge" and "Wuwei porridge". The earliest Laba porridge was boiled with adzuki beans, which gradually enriched through evolution and local characteristics. Scholars in the Southern Song Dynasty carefully wrote "Old Wulin Stories", saying: "It is called Laba porridge with walnut pine nuts, milk, persimmons and chestnuts as porridge." In Yanjing Year, A Qing Dynasty official Fu Cha Dunchong said, "Laba porridge makers use yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet, water chestnut, peeled jujube paste and so on. Cooked with water, dyed red peach kernels, almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts and grapes with white sugar and brown sugar ",which is quite characteristic of Beijing.

People in Tianjin cook laba porridge, which is similar to that in Beijing. In addition, lotus seeds, lilies, pearl rice Coix seed rice, Coix seed, glutinous rice, mung beans, longan pulp, longan pulp, red dates and sweet-scented osmanthus in syrup are added, which are all good in color and flavor. In recent years, black rice has been added. The Laba porridge can be used for dietotherapy, and has the effects of invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, invigorating qi, calming nerves, clearing away heart fire and nourishing blood. Laba porridge in Shanxi, also known as eight-treasure porridge, is mainly millet, with cowpea, adzuki bean, mung bean, jujube, glutinous rice and glutinous rice. In southeastern Shanxi, on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, it is also one of the dietary customs to cook porridge with red beans, red beans, cowpeas, sweet potatoes, peanuts and glutinous rice persimmons, also called fragrant rice. On the day of Laba in the northern Shaanxi Plateau, besides Mi Dou, all kinds of dried fruits, tofu and meat are used to cook porridge. Usually cooked in the morning, sweet and salty, depending on people's tastes. If it is lunch, we should cook some noodles in porridge and have a reunion dinner. After eating, you should put porridge on the stove and on the tree outside the door to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and welcome the bumper agricultural harvest in the coming year. According to folklore, it is forbidden to eat vegetables on Laba, saying that there are many weeds in the field after eating Lai crops. Laba people in southern Shaanxi want to eat mixed porridge, which is divided into "five flavors" and "eight flavors" The former is cooked with rice, glutinous rice, peanuts and ginkgo beans. The latter uses the above five raw materials to add diced meat, tofu, radish and seasonings. On Laba Festival, people not only eat Laba porridge, but also worship their ancestors and granaries with porridge.

Gansu people have traditionally cooked Laba porridge with whole grains and vegetables. After cooking, it is not only for family members to eat, but also distributed to neighbors to feed livestock. In Baiyin City, Lanzhou, Laba porridge is made of rice, beans, red dates, ginkgo, lotus seeds, raisins, dried apricots, dried wax gourd, walnuts, moss and diced sugar. After cooking, it is first used to worship the door god, the kitchen god, the land god and the god of wealth, and pray for good weather and good harvests in the coming year; Then give it to the neighbors and give it to the last family. Wuwei, Gansu pays attention to "Sulaba", eating coarse rice, lentil rice or coarse rice, and dipping it in fried dough sticks after cooking. Folk call it "bean porridge bubble".

In laba rice, Ningxia people usually cook porridge with lentils, beans, red beans, black beans, rice and potatoes, add "wheat ears" cut into rhombic willow leaves with wheat flour or buckwheat flour, or make "sparrow heads" with small round eggs, and then add chopped green onion oil to cook porridge. On this day, the whole family only eats laba rice, not vegetables. Most people in Xining, Qinghai are Han people, but Laba doesn't eat porridge, but eats wheat kernel rice. Boil freshly ground wheat with beef and mutton, add green salt, ginger, skin, pepper, grass, fruit, seedlings and other condiments. After a night of slow fire, the meat and wheat blend into milky white, and the pot is opened in the morning, and the food is delicious.

In the "Confucius Food System" in Shandong Province, it is stipulated that there are two kinds of "Laba porridge", one is cooked with rice kernels, longan, lotus seeds, chestnuts, red dates and japonica rice, and some "porridge fruits" are added to the bowl, mainly carved into fruits of various shapes for ornament. This kind of porridge is specially for Confucius' master and the master of the zodiac. The other is cooked with rice, pork slices, cabbage and tofu, which is for the servants in Confucius' house to drink.

People in Henan eat laba rice, which is made of eight kinds of raw materials, such as millet, mung bean, cowpea, wheat kernel, peanut, red dates and corn. Add some brown sugar walnut kernel when cooking, and the porridge is thick and fragrant, which means a bumper harvest in the coming year.

Eating Laba porridge in Jiangsu is divided into sweet and salty, and the cooking method is the same. It's just that salty porridge is served with vegetables and oil. Suzhou people cook Laba porridge with arrowheads, water chestnuts, walnuts, pine nuts, euryales, red dates, chestnuts, fungus, vegetables and Flammulina velutipes. Li Fu, a scholar in Suzhou in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem: "The porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month came from Brahma, and the seven treasures blended beautifully with mixed flavors." People in Zhejiang usually cook Laba porridge with walnut kernel, pine nuts, Euryale ferox, red dates, longan meat and lychee meat. Sweet and fragrant, pray for a long life. It is said that this method of cooking porridge came from Nanjing, which contains some legends.

Sichuan Laba porridge has a variety of practices, including sweet, salty and spicy, while rural people eat mostly salty porridge, mainly soybeans, peanuts, diced white radish and diced carrots. Strangers come here to taste, although do as the Romans do, but it is difficult to get used to it. Nowadays, many people in the city eat sweet porridge, which can be called unique flavor. Laba is closely related to porridge. Drinking porridge in Laba is also a fancy and a level. There are some scientific reasons why people in China love Laba porridge so much, besides eating customs. Cao Yanshan, a nutritionist in Qing Dynasty, wrote "Porridge Spectrum", which elaborated the health and nutrition function of Laba porridge in detail and clearly, regulated nutrition and was easy to absorb. It is a good dietotherapy, which has the functions of regulating stomach and strengthening spleen, nourishing heart and clearing lung, benefiting kidney and liver, quenching thirst and improving eyesight, relaxing bowels and calming nerves. These have been confirmed by modern medicine. Laba porridge is also a good food for the elderly, but we should also be careful not to drink too much. In fact, it's not just Laba, but also the porridge for the elderly. There are quite a few varieties of porridge, which can vary from person to person. You can choose it according to your needs and eat it as appropriate.

Valentine's Day in China (July 7th)

Lantern Festival, also known as "Begging for Cleverness Festival", is the most romantic festival among the traditional festivals in China.

According to legend, the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the time when Weaver Girl and Cowherd meet in the sky. ...

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Fewer and fewer people celebrate this festival.

In the fifties and sixties, on this day, Chinatown was decorated with lights and colorful, just like a fairyland. Seven Sisters clubs from different regions gathered here and laid down various colorful incense tables to pay homage to the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

The "incense table" is all paper, and the table is filled with flowers, fruits, rouge powder, paper-made floral dresses, shoes, daily necessities and embroidery.

The "Seven Sisters Club" in different regions took great pains to see who did it exquisitely.

Nowadays, this activity has been forgotten, and only a few ancestral halls still set up incense tables on this festival to worship the cowherd and the weaver girl.

The incense table is usually prepared on the seventh day of July, and the Weaver Maid is asked for help at night.

As the origin of the festival is full of romance, Begging for Cleverness Festival should be developed into "Valentine's Day" for China people, so that this day is full of warmth and sweetness of love, and people can express their appreciation and care for their loved ones.

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Thin clouds are clever, flying stars spread grievances, and yinhan sneaked into Chen Cang.

On the seventh day of autumn dew and autumn, it is time to meet, mostly those who are together in the world, but the appearance of husband and wife.

Tender as water, like a dream, you can go home from the bridge!

If the relationship between two people lasts for a long time, is it a matter of time?

As far as night is concerned, Tanabata is as beautiful as evening except the moon. ......

There is a beautiful and moving story behind the nickname "Zhou" of Qixi. Legend has it that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met on July 7th.

Wang Bo's Qixi Fu compares a week with the moon and evening, and points out the two most beautiful and touching nights related to family and love in all seasons of the year.

Because of this, later generations call the auspicious day for men and women to get married a week.

According to legend, Cowherd's parents died young and were often abused by his elder sister-in-law, only accompanied by an old cow.

One day, the old cow gave him a plan to marry the weaver girl.

On that day, the beautiful fairies did bathe in the Milky Way and play in the water.

Then the cowherd, hiding in the reeds, suddenly ran out and took the clothes of the Weaver Girl.

The panicked fairies hurried ashore, dressed and flew away, leaving only the weaver girl.

At Cowherd's request, Weaver Girl agreed to be his wife.

After marriage, the cowherd and the weaver girl loved each other and lived a very happy life. Weaver gave birth to a son and a daughter to Cowherd.

Later, the old cow was dying. He told the cowherd to keep its skin and put it on for help when he was in trouble. After the old cow died, the couple reluctantly peeled off the cowhide and buried the cow on the hillside.

When the marriage between the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd was known by the Jade Emperor and the Heavenly Queen Mother, they flew into a rage and ordered the gods to take the Weaver Girl back. When the Cowherd was away, the gods took the Weaver Girl.

Cowherd didn't see Weaver when he came home, so he quickly put on cowhide and chased after him with two children.

On the verge of catching up, the queen mother was in a hurry, tore off the golden hairpin on her head and rowed to the Milky Way. The once shallow Milky Way suddenly became stormy, and the Cowherd couldn't go any further.

From then on, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl could only look at each other across the river, with tears in their eyes. Forever and ever, the Jade Emperor and the Empress Dowager could not resist their sincere feelings and allowed them to meet once every July 7th.

According to legend, on the seventh day of July every year, human magpies will fly to the sky and meet for cowherd and weaver girl in the Milky Way.

In addition, in the dead of night on Tanabata, people can also hear the love story of cowherd and weaver girl in the sky under the grape trellis or other fruit trellis.

Tanabata Qiao Qi

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the legendary Cowherd and Weaver Girl crossed the Tianhe River from Queqiao to meet each other.

The weaver girl in people's hearts is a hardworking, kind and ingenious fairy.

Therefore, on the night of July 7th, girls and young women will come out to pay homage and ask the Weaver girl for advice, hoping that they can have a pair of dexterous hands and a smart heart like the Weaver girl and live a happy life.

Because Valentine's Day in China is closely related to women's affairs, it is also called "Daughter's Day", which is a traditional women's day in China.

China has the custom of eating smart dishes on Valentine's Day. The contents of skillful eating include melons, fruits and various kinds of pasta, and customs vary from place to place.

After all kinds of ingenious foods are prepared, they should be displayed on several cases in the yard, as if inviting the weaver girl in the sky to taste them. Then everyone looked at the distant night sky and ate all kinds of smart food, thinking that it would make people smart.

In the Han Dynasty, people began to beg the Weaver Maid for ingenious ideas. Pray not only for ingenuity, but also for wealth, a happy and sweet marriage and an early birth.