腊八节的来历及腊八美食（The origin of Laba Festival and Laba food）.docVIP

腊八节的来历及腊八美食（The origin of Laba Festival and Laba food） The origin of Laba Festival and Laba food It is December of the lunar calendar (commonly known as the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month), December (the beginning of the eight month is the beginning of the eight lap) the Laba Festival; the Laba Festival in China has a long history and tradition, in this day to drink, do Congee with Nuts and Dried Fruits Congee with Nuts and Dried Fruits people across the country is the most traditional and most luxurious customs. Laba day Laba porridge to eat the custom, Laba porridge is also called Qibao five porridge. The history of Laba rice porridge in China has been over one thousand years. It first started in Song dynasty. On the day of the Laba Festival, both the court, the government, the temple and the peoples families should do the Laba porridge. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of drinking Laba rice porridge was more popular. In the palace, the emperor, the queen, Prince, to the ministers, ladies and attendants to give Congee with Nuts and Dried Fruits, each temple issued for monks to eat rice and fruit etc.. In the civil society, every household should also do Laba porridge, worship ancestors; at the same time, the family together to eat, gifts to friends and relatives. The patterns of Laba porridge in China are full of competition and variety. The most exquisite Beijing, with a lot of articles in the rice, such as red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts, longan, grape, gingko, chestnut, black hair, rose, red bean, peanut...... There are no less than twenty. People in the beginning of the seven month La night, began to get busy, washing rice, fruit peel, bubble, go nuclear, and then picked up in the middle of the night and then began to boil, simmer stew, has been to the second day of the early morning is a good cook Congee with Nuts and Dried Fruits. More exquisite people, but also the first fruit carving adult shape, animals, pat