The custom of festivals and meals on that day in folk information is 100.

Drinking Laba porridge has a history of thousands of years in China. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month was officially designated as Laba Festival, on which ancestors and gods were sacrificed to pray for good harvest and good luck. It is said that Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, realized enlightenment on the eighth day of December, so Laba is also a Buddhist festival, called "Buddhist Enlightenment Festival". On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, there is a custom of drinking Laba porridge all over China.

2. Eat rice cakes in the New Year:

It means that every year goes well. The types of rice cakes are: white rice cakes and yellow rice cakes in the north; There are water mill rice cakes in Jiangnan; There is glutinous rice in the southwest; There are red turtle cakes in Taiwan Province province. Jia Sixie's Book of Qi Yaomin records the production method. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, cakes have developed into snacks supplied in the market all year round, and the flavors in the north and south are different. There are two kinds of rice cakes in the north: steamed and fried. In addition to steaming and frying, there are other methods in the south, such as frying in slices and cooking in soup.

3. beginning of spring eats spring cakes:

This is an ancient custom in China. In the Jin Dynasty, there was a "five taro plates", that is, "spring plates", which put spring cakes and vegetables in the same plate. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, eating spring cakes became more and more popular in beginning of spring, which was given to officials and people by the emperor. The custom of eating spring cakes also influenced the brotherly peoples. For example, when Lu Ye Chu Lu followed Genghis Khan on his expedition to the western regions, he ordered the chef to cook a big spring meal.