But they are basically cereals, beans and dried fruits. Cereals and beans are the main products, supplemented by dried fruits and vegetables.
Ingredients for Laba porridge After a bowl of Laba porridge is made, all ingredients are added together. In fact, there are already more than 8 species, and the most is 15 species.
Cereals such as rice, millet, glutinous rice, sorghum, purple rice, oats and barley;
Beans, such as soybeans, red beans, mung beans, kidney beans, cowpeas, peas and lentils;
Red dates, peanuts, lotus seeds, medlar, chestnuts, walnuts, almonds, longan, raisins, ginkgo and other dried fruits.
Among Laba porridge in various places, Beijing Laba porridge is the most exquisite, and cereal rice is mixed with many condiments, such as raisins, red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, longan, chestnuts, almonds, pine nuts, hazelnuts, ginkgo, water chestnut, red beans and peanuts. , a total of not less than 20 kinds.
In some mountainous areas, vegetables will also be added as seasoning ingredients to enrich the taste of Laba porridge.
In addition, in the southeast of Shanxi, local people will cook Laba porridge with gravy, which adds a mellow taste to it.
In order to make a delicious pot of Laba porridge, the producer actually began to make various preparations on the night of the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month. All kinds of ingredients are screened, soaked, cleaned and pitted. And they are all cooked in the middle of the night with a big fire, then simmered with a small fire until the next morning, and the delicious Laba porridge is served.
Why Laba porridge is a special day? Today, drinking Laba porridge has the significance of health and reunion. This was not the case in ancient times.
The earliest origin of Laba porridge can be traced back to the Song Dynasty. It was originally a ritual activity. On the day of Laba, from the imperial court to the Li people, as well as many temples, Laba porridge will be made and sacrificed.
The objects of worship are: the god of agriculture, the god of local officials, the god of postal service, the god of opening the way, the god of demarcation, the god of cats and tigers, the god of gardens, the god of water, the god of insects and so on. These are gods that can be associated with fields and fields. I look forward to a bumper crop next year.
Especially in the Qing Dynasty, the folklore of Laba Festival and Laba porridge was pushed to a climax.
The emperor in the palace and members of the royal family will distribute Laba porridge to officials, ladies-in-waiting and eunuchs, and food and rice to temples for monks to eat. Ordinary people should also make laba porridge and get together with family, relatives and friends.
Especially in temples, the activities of "drinking porridge and praying for blessings" have continued to this day, including Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, Henan. Every year, on Laba Festival, monks will deliver porridge at the door, and the number of people who participate in the activity queues up, hoping to get well-being. This is a charitable activity.
Not only laba porridge, but also other foods. In fact, in many places, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Laba porridge is not only to celebrate, but also to make other Laba porridge to give back to relatives and friends.
For example, Laba tofu in Anhui, Laba noodles in Shaanxi, Laba garlic in Beijing and so on.
Poems about Laba Ancient literati also had a special liking for Laba Festival, and many famous poets left their works related to Laba. Please enjoy it together:
Lari-(Tang) Du Fu
It's warm all year round, but it's completely frozen this year. The invasion of Ling Xue has returned the color of day lily, and the leakage of spring has become wicker.
Indulge in good wine and good night, get drunk, and return to China for the first time. Oral powder medicine has a silver baby under the age of nine.
Walking in the West Village on December 8th-(Song) Lu You
The meaning of the wind and the twelfth lunar month has been in spring, and it has passed my neighbor when it is scattered. In the desert of Chai Men, there are many cattle trails and wild seashores.
The only thing many diseases need is medicine, and the poor objects are idle people. At present, Buddhism and porridge eat each other, which makes Jiangcun more frugal. ?
If you think it is wrong for ordinary people to write poems to celebrate festivals, there was an emperor in the Qing Dynasty who wrote poems to celebrate Laba Festival. Let's see which emperor you are.
Laba porridge-Daoguang Emperor (Qing Dynasty)
In early summer, the sun shines brightly and millet cooks porridge and beans. Present Buddha's arrow at the right time and sincerely wish the golden light shine on all beings silently.
A few wisps of fragrance wafted, and piles of fruits and vegetables gathered in succession. * * * The shaman is the best, and the color of shaman is passed from the Lotus Torch to the Lotus Torch.
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Not to mention the artistic content of these poems (it is estimated that many old irons have never seen them), so it can be seen that these big coffees have written poems for this purpose, which is definitely a festival that ordinary people like from the Ninth Five-Year Plan to the next one.
Rulers hope that the world will be peaceful and the people will be well-being, while ordinary people hope that crops will be harvested and their families will be well-being, all of which imply a yearning for a better life. Therefore, today, with convenient transportation and abundant food, we also take this Laba Festival to wish our country prosperity, country prosperity and people happiness and well-being!