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The Lahai Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, commonly known as "Lahai", the festival in the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar each year, mainly popular in the northern part of China, the custom of this festival is to "drink Lahai congee". Laha is one of the great Buddhist festivals, this day is the Buddha Shakyamuni into the day, also known as "Dharma Treasure Festival", "Buddha into the festival", "into the meeting" and so on. The word "Lapa" originated in the period of the North and South Dynasties, when it was also known as "Lapa Day", originally a Buddhist festival, and then evolved through the ages, gradually becoming a household name for folk festivals.

Laha congee, also known as "seven treasures and five flavors congee", "Buddha congee", "everyone rice", etc., is a kind of congee made from a variety of ingredients. The earliest written record of Laha congee was in the Song Dynasty. The history of drinking Laha congee in China has been more than a thousand years. On every Laha day, no matter whether it is the imperial government, temples or the people's homes, they all make Laha congee. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of drinking Laha congee was even more prevalent.

In the north, there is "after the Lahai is the year," said the Lahai means the prelude to the New Year. Every Laha Festival, the northern region is busy peeling garlic vinegar, soak Laha garlic, eat Laha noodles Laha porridge. Laha Festival is a typical northern festival

Laha Festival, commonly known as "Laha", that is, the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, the ancients have sacrificed to the ancestors and the gods, praying for a good harvest and auspicious traditions, and some regions have the custom of drinking Laha congee.

When it comes to the Lahai Festival, what I'm talking about is the custom of our old home, Lahai Festival this day, every family to wrap the sugar gourd, cooking Lahai congee.

From childhood to adulthood, I have seen countless times, but also after countless times of sugar gourd, Lahai porridge production procedures, a> sugar gourd production procedures are very simple, that is, the fermentation of good white flour in advance to the sugar package, and then placed in the pot on the steaming for a few minutes can be eaten.

Second, the process of making congee, accordingly, is much more complex,

LaBa congee ingredients are rice, peanuts, jujubes, millet, glutinous rice, and other ingredients.

The process of making it is to put all these things together in a pot and simmer it for more than half an hour before serving it.

Saying Lahai, think Lahai, tomorrow is Lahai Festival, at this moment I, as if the nose has smelled the fragrance of Lahai congee, and can not wait to go back to my hometown to eat my mother's hands to do the sugar gourd, Lahai congee.

The taste of sugar gourd, the taste of Laha congee, that is years of unforgettable 〈mother's taste〉!