Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited by the Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth month. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With the passing of time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.
There is, however, another touching story: When Sakyamuni was on his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment, he grew tired and hungry. Exhausted from days of walking, he fainted away by a river in India. A shepherdess found him there and fed him her lunch -- porridge made with beans and rice. Sakyamuni was thus able to continue his journey.
Because before you go out to play in the morning, mother will buy the ingredients for rice porridge, soaking in the water in advance, mother said that cooking fast. So, got home at noon, you can cook on the drink. The laba festival to eat is rich! And I most like to eat braise in soy sauce meat ~ children generally like to eat meat!!!! Oh, mom and dad don't want to say them, because in the long body, eating well is the key!
Today is the laba festival, ask good friends and rice pudding? Very sweet? Ha ha. Who didn't drink I ask you to drink oh ~ home cooked a big pot of today!
In the morning we went out to play, my father and mother do for a long time of car, a bit does not adapt, (we have a little carsick, ah! Lying in the bed as soon as he got home. In the morning to go out and take some photos, but for some reason, didn't, in a scenery is not very good, anyway have no green in winter.
The majority Han Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating laba rice porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The date usually falls in min-January and is a traditional Chinese festival.
Legend about the origin of this festivity abounds One maintains that over 3,000 years ago sacrificial rites were held in the twelfth lunar month when people offered up their prey to the gods of heaven and earth. The Chinese characters for the hunt and the twelfth month (lie and la) 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 eighth (ba in Chinese), giving us the current laba.
Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni, the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on 12/8. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.
There is, however, another touching story. When Sakyamuni was on his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment, he grew tired and hungry. Exhausted from days of walking, he passed into unconsciousness by a river in India. A shepherdess found him there and fed him her lunch—porridge made with beans and rice. With such nourishment he was able to continue his journey. After six years of strict discipline, he finally realized his dream of full enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Ever since, monks have prepared rice porridge on the eve ad held a ceremony the following day, during which they chant the sutras and offer porridge to Buddha. Thus, the tradition of eating laba porridge was based in religion, though with time the food itself became a popular winter dish especially in cold northern China.
Laba porridge is made with local specialties such as ginkgo fruits, water chestnuts, chestnuts, lotus seeds and red beans in addition to the rice. Actually eight ingredients are used, cooked with sugar to make the porridge wonderfully sweet. Northerners prefer to use glutinous rice, red beans, dates, lotus sees, dried longan pulp, walnuts, pine nuts and other dried fruits in their porridge; southerners like a salty porridge prepared with rice, soybeans, peanuts, broad beans, taro, water chestnuts, walnuts, vegetables and diced meat. Some people like to add cinnamon and other condiments to inject flavor. Controlling the heat is of great importance in the outcome. At the start, the flame must be high, but the fire is then turned down to let the porridge simmer until it begins to emit avery delicious smell. The process is time-consuming but not complicated.
Laba porridge is not only easy to prepare, but also a nutritious winter food because it contains amino acids, protein and other vitamins people need. Cooked nuts and dried fruit are good for smoothing nerves, nourishing one’s heart and vitality, and strengthening the spleen. Perhaps that is why it is also called babao (Eight Treasure) porridge.
Today is the laba festival, of course, we are looking forward to most is to eat laba porridge. The history of the Chinese drink laba rice porridge only written records also has more than one thousand years. At the latest in the song dynasty. Every laba that day, whether the court, and the rulers, temple or oh off the laba rice porridge to do. Until today, drink laba rice porridge this custom has been passed down.
When I returned home from school, ready to eat laba porridge. I ran to the kitchen to ask mum laba rice porridge is ready yet? Mother says it is now ready to do as a result, I think I was in a hurry to eat, also is not good. However, every time is to eat well before, but have not seen how to do, this time can see mom laba rice porridge, is also good.
I saw my mother prepared some food, including: yellow millet, rice, glutinous rice, Chinese sorghum, red bean, lotus seed, longan, peanut, red jujube, sugar, etc. Light to see the material I'm going to not line, it is no wonder that so delicious, material abundance! Mother go to lotus seed coat heart water submerged in a bowl, add bamboo steamer, the steamed out. And then mom will longan remove skin, nuclear, as long as the meat. The final will be a pot of just the right amount of water, and then the red bean, peanut, etc into the pot boiled together, after more than 10 minutes and yellow rice, millet, glutinous rice into the pot boiled together. Will cook porridge boil to seven eighty percent when mature, pour the steamed lotus seed into porridge in the mix, boiled and then boil, sheng into the bowl, sprinkle with some sugar. This delicious laba rice porridge was released, I ate three bowls in a row, really cool.
Legend about the origin of this festivity abounds One maintains that over 3,000 years ago sacrificial rites were held in the twelfth lunar month when people offered up their prey to the gods of heaven and earth. The Chinese characters for the hunt and the twelfth month (lie and la) 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 eighth (ba in Chinese), giving us the current laba.
Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni, the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on 12/8. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.
Laba rice porridge was first introduced to China in the Song Dynasty about 900 years ago.
Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited by the Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth month. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With the passing of time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.
There is, however, another touching story: When Sakyamuni was on his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment, he grew tired and hungry. Exhausted from days of walking, he fainted away by a river in India. A shepherdess found him there and fed him her lunch -- porridge made with beans and rice. Sakyamuni was thus able to continue his journey.
Today is thelaba, heaven or waving little snowflake, the snow on the road by the pressure solid overnight-the, with dazzling ray of light, let pedestrians were careful to walk, a don't be careful will fall off and on. Noon dad drove to the school to meet me, fear of grandpa ride a car not safety, today at noon eat dumplings grandma, back home grandma has been done, and the on the warm dumplings, we feel good and happiness!
First I count the dish a few your dumplings, 1, 2, 3, 4...... Ha ha, a total of 15, it seems that I also can eat, usually, mother always sorrow I eat is bad, in recent days I especially can eat, eat the last 15? Mom couldn't believe, because I used the most time is also eat six dumplings, don't forget I grow up
Northerners prefer to use glutinous rice, red beans, dates, lotus sees, dried longan pulp, walnuts, pine nuts and other dried fruits in their porridge; southerners like a salty porridge prepared with rice, soybeans, peanuts, broad beans, taro, water chestnuts, walnuts, vegetables and diced meat. Some people like to add cinnamon and other condiments to inject flavor. Controlling the heat is of great importance in the outcome. At the start, the flame must be high, but the fire is then turned down to let the porridge simmer until it begins to emit avery delicious smell. The process is time-consuming but not complicated.
Laba porridge is not only easy to prepare, but also a nutritious winter food because it contains amino acids, protein and other vitamins people need. Cooked nuts and dried fruit are good for smoothing nerves, nourishing one’s heart and vitality, and strengthening the spleen. Perhaps that is why it is also called babao (Eight Treasure) porridge.
Because before you go out to play in the morning, mother will buy the ingredients for rice porridge, soaking in the water in advance, mother said that cooking fast. So, got home at noon, you can cook on the drink. The laba festival to eat is rich! And I most like to eat braise in soy sauce meat ~ children generally like to eat meat!!!! Oh, mom and dad don't want to say them, because in the long body, eating well is the key!
Today is the laba festival, ask good friends and rice pudding? Very sweet? Ha ha. Who didn't drink I ask you to drink oh ~ home cooked a big pot of today!
In the morning we went out to play, my father and mother do for a long time of car, a bit does not adapt, (we have a little carsick, ah! Lying in the bed as soon as he got home. In the morning to go out and take some photos, but for some reason, didn't, in a scenery is not very good, anyway have no green in winter.
Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited by the Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth month. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With the passing of time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.
There is, however, another touching story: When Sakyamuni was on his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment, he grew tired and hungry. Exhausted from days of walking, he fainted away by a river in India. A shepherdess found him there and fed him her lunch -- porridge made with beans and rice. Sakyamuni was thus able to continue his journey.
Laba rice porridge contains glutinous rice , red beans, millet, Chinese sorghum, peas, dried lotus seeds, red beans and some other ingredients, such as dried dates, chestnut meat, walnut meat, almond, peanut, etc. Actually eight ingredients are used, cooked with sugar to make the porridge tasty.
Northerners prefer to use glutinous rice, red beans, dates, lotus seeds, dried pulp, walnuts , pine nuts and other dried fruits in their porridge; southerners like a salty porridge prepared with rice, soybeans, peanuts, broad beans, taro, water chestnuts, walnuts, vegetables and diced meat. In the north, it is a dessert with sugar added; in the south, salt is put in. Some people like to add cinnamon and other condiments to add flavor.
Controlling the heat is of great importance in making Laba porridge. At the start, the flame must be high, but the fire is then turned down to let the porridge simmer until it begins to emit a very delicious smell. The process is time-consuming but not complicated.
Laba porridge is not only easy to prepare, but also a nutritious winter food because it contains amino acids, protein, vitamins and other nutrition people need. Cooked nuts and dried fruit are good for soothing nerves, nourishing one‘s heart and vitality, and strengthening the spleen. Perhaps that is why it is also called babao (Eight Treasure) porridge.
Laba is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, referring to the traditional start of celebrations for the Chinese New Year. La in Chinese means the 12th lunar month and ba means eight.
Legends about the origin of this festivity 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 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 current Laba .
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.
Because before you go out to play in the morning, mother will buy the ingredients for rice porridge, soaking in the water in advance, mother said that cooking fast. So, got home at noon, you can cook on the drink. The laba festival to eat is rich! And I most like to eat braise in soy sauce meat ~ children generally like to eat meat!!!! Oh, mom and dad don't want to say them, because in the long body, eating well is the key!
Today is the laba festival, ask good friends and rice pudding? Very sweet? Ha ha. Who didn't drink I ask you to drink oh ~ home cooked a big pot of today!
In the morning we went out to play, my father and mother do for a long time of car, a bit does not adapt, (we have a little carsick, ah! Lying in the bed as soon as he got home. In the morning to go out and take some photos, but for some reason, didn't, in a scenery is not very good, anyway have no green in winter.
Because before you go out to play in the morning, mother will buy the ingredients for rice porridge, soaking in the water in advance, mother said that cooking fast. So, got home at noon, you can cook on the drink.
The laba festival to eat is rich! And I most like to eat braise in soy sauce meat ~ children generally like to eat meat!!!! Oh, mom and dad don't want to say them, because in the long body, eating well is the key!
Because homework finished in yesterday, today just back endorsement. I had a long time to recite English 10 pieces of oral composition, also do not need to speakers, just prepare for next Wednesday's oral English test, didn't time all of us are perfect, this also want to refuel oh!
Because before you go out to play in the morning, mother will buy the ingredients for rice porridge, soaking in the water in advance, mother said that cooking fast. So, got home at noon, you can cook on the drink. The laba festival to eat is rich! And I most like to eat braise in soy sauce meat ~ children generally like to eat meat!!!! Oh, mom and dad don't want to say them, because in the long body, eating well is the key!
Today is the laba festival, ask good friends and rice pudding? Very sweet? Ha ha. Who didn't drink I ask you to drink oh ~ home cooked a big pot of today!
In the morning we went out to play, my father and mother do for a long time of car, a bit does not adapt, (we have a little carsick, ah! Lying in the bed as soon as he got home. In the morning to go out and take some photos, but for some reason, didn't, in a scenery is not very good, anyway have no green in winter.
Laba is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, referring to the traditional start of celebrations for the Chinese New Year. La in Chinese means the 12th lunar month and ba means eight.
Legends about the origin of this festivity 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 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 current Laba .
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.
Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited by the Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth month. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With the passing of time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.
There is, however, another touching story: When Sakyamuni was on his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment, he grew tired and hungry. Exhausted from days of walking, he fainted away by a river in India. A shepherdess found him there and fed him her lunch -- porridge made with beans and rice. Sakyamuni was thus able to continue his journey.
Today is the lunar December eighth day - the laba festival. The laba festival in China has a long tradition and history, on this day drink the laba laba rice porridge, do is the most traditional people all over the country, is also the most pay attention to the customs.
At night, dad with red jujube, lotus seeds, beans, peanuts, black beans, wheat berry, lily, eight kinds of material such as rice stayed up the whole pot of delicious rice porridge.
Mom put porridge is good, in the table. I use the spoon gently drew a few times in a bowl, good let it cool faster. Then, scoop a spoonful of their mouth. Porridge boil rotten rotten, quickly melted in your mouth. I said to my father: "dad, you can endure to laba rice porridge is really nice." The father said, "you drink a bowl of laba porridge, you will happy auspicious." Listen to father said these words, I feel very warm and happiness.
