What traditional food do you eat on Laba Festival?

The traditional food eaten in Laba Festival includes Laba porridge, Laba vinegar, Laba garlic, ice, Laba tofu and so on.

1, Laba porridge

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 origin of the custom of drinking Laba porridge on Laba Festival is related to the story of Buddha becoming a Buddha. Therefore, 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 the Vatican, and the seven treasures were beautiful and fragrant."

2. Laba vinegar

Laba vinegar is a traditional custom of Laba Festival. The custom of soaking garlic with vinegar on Laba Day is called Laba vinegar. Laba vinegar should be soaked on New Year's Day, jiaozi should be eaten on the first day, and jiaozi should be a vegetarian. You should be a vegetarian for a year, and dip it in Laba vinegar, which will have a unique taste. "Laba vinegar" not only tastes mellow, but also does not go bad after a long time.

3. Laba garlic

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of the New Year is getting worse every day. In most parts of northern China, the custom of soaking garlic with vinegar is called Laba garlic. It is a custom in northern China to brew Laba garlic on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Its materials are vinegar and garlic cloves.

Step 4 eat ice

On the day before Laba Festival, people usually scoop water in steel pots and freeze it. When Laba Festival comes, they will remove the ice and break it. It is said that the ice on this day is magical, and it won't hurt your stomach for a year after eating it.

5, Laba tofu

Laba tofu is one of the traditional folk snacks in yi county, Anhui Province, and it is a holiday custom. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household will bake tofu, which is called "Laba tofu" by the people.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Laba Festival