Laba Festival means happiness or well-being.

Laba Festival can be said to be festive and healthy.

Laba Festival can be said to be a festive and healthy festival. Moreover, Laba Festival is not a festival for offering sacrifices or ancestor worship, so there are not many taboos and taboos, so I can wish "Happy Holidays".

Laba Festival, that is, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, is also called "Magic Weapon Festival", "Buddhist Enlightenment Festival" and "Enlightenment Meeting". Originally a Buddhist festival to commemorate the enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha, it gradually became a folk festival.

Laba porridge, also known as "seven treasures and five flavors porridge", "Buddha porridge" and "everyone's meal", is a kind of porridge made of various ingredients. The earliest written record of Laba porridge was in the Song Dynasty.

Wu's Dream in the Southern Song Dynasty says: "On the eighth day of this month, the temple name is Laba. Dasha Temple, etc. There are five kinds of porridge called Laba porridge. "

What to eat on Laba Festival?

1, Laba porridge

Laba porridge is porridge made of various ingredients in Laba Festival, also called Qibao Wuwei porridge. Eating Laba porridge to celebrate the harvest on December 8 of the lunar calendar has been passed down to this day.

2. Laba garlic

"Laba garlic" with delicious garlic flavor. Garlic turns green after pickling, which is allicin. Garlic moss is an antioxidant, so Laba garlic is a good health food.