The laba Rice Porridge Festival.ppt

The laba Rice Porridge Festival December of the lunar calendar is commonly known as la month. December 8 is thelaba. Thelaba in our country has a long tradition and history. Origin Legends about the origin of this festivity are abound. One holds that over 3,000 years ago sacrificial rites called La were held in the twelfth lunar month when people offered? their preys to the gods of heaven and earth. The Chinese characters for prey 猎物 and the twelfth month were interchangeable then, and ever since La has been used to refer to both. Since the festival was held on the eighth day of the Last month, people later appended the number eight ba in Chinese , giving us the currentLaba.The majority Han Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating Laba rice porridge on the Laba Festival. The date usually falls in mid-January. Meaning to us Don not be extravagant Treasure food A way to inherit the traditional * Lingyin Temple Give away 200000 porridge Laba Rice Porridge Laba rice porridge Contains glutinous rice（糯米）, red beans, millet, Chinese sorghum, and some other ingredients, such as dried dates, chestnut meat, walnut meat, almond, peanut, etc. Actually eight ingredients（配料、成分） are used, cooked with sugar to make the porridge tasty. *