What is "Laba" written by ancient and modern masters?

Laba Festival is not only an important traditional festival, but also indicates the arrival of a new year. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household is busy drinking a bowl of hot Laba porridge, Laba garlic and Laba noodles. A fullness? A sense of ceremony? This custom brings a strong New Year atmosphere. Many literati in ancient and modern times sang Laba Festival, often with the custom of sending porridge to eat porridge, the increasingly rich flavor of the year and spring scenery as the theme, leaving many well-known masterpieces.

Mo Yan: Laba is the first stop to look forward to the New Year. I want to cook a pot of porridge this morning. There are eight kinds of food in porridge? Actually, there are only seven kinds, including indispensable days. It is said that before liberation 12, in the early morning of June 8th, temples or charities would put large pots of porridge on the street, and beggars and the poor could drink it for free. People used to yearn for this Laba porridge festival, thinking of those cauldrons standing in the open air with bags of Mi Dou upside down. The thick Laba porridge rolled and bubbled, and the fragrance filled the cold morning air.

Bing Xin: Every year on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, my mother cooks Laba porridge for us. As long as I can remember, my mother cooked laba porridge for us on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Laba porridge is made of glutinous rice, brown sugar and 18 kinds of dried fruits. Dried fruits include jujube, longan, walnut, ginkgo, almond, chestnut, peanut and raisin. , small beans and sesame seeds. It is very sweet and delicious. Mother cooks a big pot every year, which is not only eaten by the whole family, but also distributed to neighbors, relatives and friends.

Lao She: There are all kinds of beans in the porridge, like A? Agricultural exhibition? . According to the traditional custom in Beijing, the Lunar New Year begins almost from the first 12 month. This is the coldest time of the year. On this day, people cook porridge at home and in temples. Laba porridge is used to worship ancestors, but if you think about it carefully, it is a manifestation of the pride of agricultural society. Is this porridge made of all kinds of rice, beans and dried fruits? Almonds, walnuts, melon seeds, litchi meat, lotus seeds, peanuts, raisins, water chestnuts, etc. This is not porridge, but a small agricultural exhibition. In the cold winter, the only thing that can live up to is food, and the sense of ritual in eating Laba porridge is essential.