What are the customs from the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month to the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month?

On the day of Laba, the rivers in Beijing began to freeze, and the ice in the inner city royal river was stored in the "inner kiln". The ice in Taiye Pool is stored in the "Snow Pool Refrigerator". The ice in each moat is stored in the nearest earthen kiln by the river. Sold in summer. In the late Qing dynasty, skating was not limited to Laba, but generally during the "March 9" from winter to Sunday.

2. Rabar

In the Ming Dynasty, a few days before Laba, red dates were broken and soaked in water. On the eighth morning, glutinous rice, ginkgo, walnut kernel, chestnuts and water chestnut are added to cook porridge, which is called Laba porridge.

After porridge is cooked, it is served in front of ancestral graves, doors and windows, round trees and well stoves, and then eaten by the whole family and fed to relatives and friends. People with status are rewarded with porridge and rice in the palace, so this day is also called "Wang Houla". In the Qing dynasty, it developed again, and people carved hundreds of kinds of fruits to show their ingenuity.