Get rid of epidemics, welcome auspiciousness, maintain the virtue of diligence and frugality, and do good deeds.
In the past, there was a custom of using red beans to fight ghosts, in order to deal with the troubles of epidemic ghosts. According to legend, a young man in the Western Jin Dynasty was fond of eating and lazy, but later changed his ways. Laba porridge also represents good health and good luck. Rich families or temples will cook porridge and distribute it to people. poor.
Laba Festival, which is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year, is also known as the "Dharma Treasure Festival", "Buddha Enlightenment Festival", "Enlightenment Meeting", etc. Originally a Buddhist festival commemorating the enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha, it gradually became a folk festival. Laba porridge, also known as "Seven Treasures and Five Flavors Porridge", "Buddha Porridge", "Everyone's Rice", etc., is a kind of porridge made from a variety of ingredients. The earliest written records of Laba porridge were recorded in the Song Dynasty. "Meng Liang Lu" written by Wu Zimu in the Southern Song Dynasty records: "On the eighth day of this month, temples call it Laba porridge. Dasha and other temples all serve five-flavor porridge, which is called Laba porridge." The history of drinking Laba porridge in our country has been more than a thousand years. On Laba day, no matter the government, monasteries or people’s homes, they must make Laba porridge. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of drinking Laba porridge became even more popular.