It's the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye. This year's twelfth lunar month is really not easy. Many friends are infected with Yang, and they also have some complications to varying degrees. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is an auspicious day.

It’s the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye. This year’s twelfth lunar month is really not easy. Many friends are infected with Yang, and they also have some complications to varying degrees. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is an auspicious day. People are sick and have to welcome our traditional Laba Festival.

During the Laba Festival, according to the old man, there are many customs. The first custom is to drive away the god of plague, and then worship the gods and ancestors, and pay attention to making Laba garlic and drinking Laba porridge. The old man also said that drinking Laba porridge is also particular, so what is the emphasis on drinking Laba porridge? Let's listen to what the old man said and gain some insights.

1. The ingredients of porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month are very particular.

According to old people, when making porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the ingredients are very particular. Generally speaking, eight kinds of raw materials are used. Even if the eight ingredients are not available, we must use adzuki beans. Why use adzuki beans?

The old man said that the Laba Festival is first of all a festival to eliminate evil spirits, plagues and disasters. The ancients believed that adzuki beans are red, close to the color of cinnabar, and are said to have the function of dispelling evil spirits. Therefore, Laba porridge can use less other ingredients, but adzuki beans must not be missing.

Of course, for the sake of good luck, we should also pay attention to adding jujube, which means that the family can be sweet, that you can be one step ahead of others in doing things, and that you can have children first.

Second, you must drink Laba porridge as early as possible

According to the old people in the village, you must drink porridge as early as possible on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the earlier the better. If you want to talk about the reason, the old man said that if you drink porridge early on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it means that your family's crops can have a good harvest as soon as possible. In this regard, the folk saying goes like this: "Whoever's chimney smokes first will have sorghum red tips first."

Therefore, in order to pray for a good harvest next year, people soaked various beans and rice early on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, and started cooking porridge in the early morning of Laba. When the sun rose, the porridge was basically finished.

Another custom here is to use the cooked porridge to feed chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry and livestock at home. It is said that after feeding, these animals will be able to live well and not get sick in the coming year; some neighbors will smear the porridge on their jujube trees, , pomegranate trees and other trees, and believe that by doing so, the fruit trees at home will bear more fruit in the coming year.

Third, Laba porridge must be given away

According to the old people in the village, Laba porridge is also related to Buddhism. Buddhism emphasizes compassion. Many temples in Laba will cook porridge to help the poor. In order to learn the compassion of the Buddha and to accumulate virtue and pray for blessings, after people cook the porridge in Laba, they do not enjoy it alone, but pay great attention to giving it to the elderly around them and to passers-by.

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the coldest time of the year. A farmer's proverb says, "On the seventh and eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, your chin will freeze off." Another farmer's proverb says, "On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the jackdaws will freeze to death." During this time, delivering porridge to lonely elderly people and passers-by is even more warm, and can even save a person's life, so this is also very meaningful.

also hopes that all of us can care about the people around us, especially the poor, and give up food and medicine. The merits are immeasurable. Laba porridge is not only a custom, but also a feeling of saving the world and benefiting the people. This year, new crown is raging, but people generally lack medicine. I hope everyone can give ibuprofen to people who need less medicine, so that our eighth day of the twelfth lunar month will be more meaningful. The above are my personal opinions and views. The level limit may be inappropriate. Please criticize and correct me.