First, the custom of Laba porridge The custom of Laba Festival originated from Buddhism. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when Buddha Sakyamuni became a Buddha. People in ancient India would eat a bowl of porridge on this day to commemorate the Buddha's pain before Laba became a Buddha and the day when he became a Buddha in Laba.
After Buddhism was introduced into China, temples made porridge with fragrant rice and fruit and distributed it to believers. In the later development, Laba porridge is ready, and it should be offered to the Buddha first, and then sent to relatives and friends. It must be delivered before noon. If it is for the poor, it is virtue.
Give the rest of Laba porridge to your family. After a few days of storage, there is still a surplus, which is regarded as a good omen. More than a year? . In the Song Dynasty, people began to live in? Rabbah? Cooking porridge on this day has continued to this day.
Second, Laba porridge is a seasonal food and a good health care product. According to local specialties, the materials used are not the same. There are also dishes with Laba and eight ingredients.
But Job's tears, carrots and vegetables are all essential foods. Chinese medicine believes that coix seed has the effects of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the lungs, clearing away heat and infiltrating dampness. Long-term use of coix seed has a good effect on chronic enteritis and dyspepsia. Coix seed is rich in dietary fiber, which can prevent hypertension, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.
In addition, you can also choose peanuts, soybeans, lotus seeds, ginkgo, tofu, tofu, taro and so on. If you want to add more ingredients, you can add fungus, red dates, vegetarian bean cakes, vegetarian ham and mushrooms.
In addition, eating Laba porridge on Laba Festival is warm, complete, harmonious, auspicious, healthy, cooperative, nutritious, indifferent, convenient, grateful, happy and attached. The night before Laba, a good man believed a woman who twisted beans to make porridge. Every time she twists a bean, she calls it an affinity bean.