Why do people in China eat Laba porridge?

Because drinking Laba porridge is a traditional custom in our country. The custom of drinking Laba porridge on Laba Festival comes from Buddhism. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when Buddha Sakyamuni became a Buddha. In order not to forget the suffering of the Buddha before he became a Buddha, but also to commemorate the enlightenment of the Buddha on the eighth day of December, ancient Indians ate mixed porridge as a souvenir.

Since Buddhism was introduced to China, temples have cooked porridge with fragrant valleys and fruits and distributed it to believers and loyal men and women. In the Song Dynasty, the folk gradually formed the custom of cooking and drinking porridge on Laba Festival, which has continued to this day.

Other sayings of Laba porridge.

Legend has it that Zhu Yuanzhang was framed and imprisoned before he became emperor. At that time, it was the cold winter, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who was hungry and cold, found some seven or eight kinds of whole grains such as red beans, rice and red dates from the mouse hole in the prison. Zhu Yuanzhang cooked these things into porridge. Because it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Yuanzhang named this pot of porridge "Laba porridge" and had a delicious meal.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor. In order to commemorate that special day in prison, he designated it as Laba Festival and officially named the miscellaneous grains porridge he ate that day Laba porridge.