This year is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the Laba Festival. At the end of the first year, it is "La", which means alternating between the old and the new.

On the Laba Festival, every household will make trumpet porridge. The Laba is here, and the Spring Festival is getting closer. You have worked hard this year. Don‘t forget to drink a bowl of steaming Laba porridge, which nourishes the stomach and warms the heart.

After eating the Laba porridge for a few days, there was still something left, which was a good omen. Take it as "more than enough every year", and look forward to a prosperous life and rolling wealth in the coming year.

In the cold winter and twelfth lunar month, family members sit around, enjoy delicious food, chat, drink a bowl of steaming Laba porridge, dispel the chill of the twelfth lunar month, and share a bowl of steaming, sweet Laba porridge with New Year‘s greetings and enthusiasm for life.

In addition to the custom of drinking porridge on Laba Festival, there is also the custom of pickling Laba garlic: Laba garlic is brewed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the garlic cloves are removed from the old skin, soaked in rice vinegar, put into a small jar and sealed until New Year‘s Eve.

The garlic clove is green and green, and the garlic spicy acetic acid fragrance is dissolved together, which is for eating dumplings. It can also be used for seasonings and cold dishes, and the taste is unique.

"Laba porridge, Laba garlic, send a letter to the account, and pay off the debt." Chinese culture is extensive and profound, and even the important accounts are so "cultured".

The origin of Laba: The Laba Festival comes because of the Laba Day. It is the twelfth lunar month and a major festival. The date is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. In ancient times, it was called "Laba Day", commonly known as "Laba Festival".

Legend has it that when Zhu Yuanzhang suffered in prison, he found food such as rice, millet, wheat, and soybeans in the ground, which he stewed in a pot and saved his life.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In order to commemorate his days in prison, he designated that day as the Laba Festival. The custom was to eat porridge made from whole grains. The beautiful name was: Laba porridge!

Well, that‘s it for today. EMAR Metal wishes you a happy Laba Festival!