Eighth day of twelve lunnar month

Interesting things during this festival is the “laba porridge”, porridge with nut and dried fruit.

Laba porridge is said to pass from India. At the ancient North India, the founder of Buddhism Sakyamuni had seen the suffering of all people by illness and death, etc., and he also dissatisfaction with the existing Brahmin theocratic rule, thus he decide give up the throne and becoming a religious .

Finally, after six years of ascetic through in the twelfth lunar month on the 8th, the Buddha attaining enlightenment under the bodhi tree. In the six-ascetic, Buddha just eat one hemp one rice per day.

Initially, Laba porridge is red beans, glutinous rice boiled only. Over time, the quality and variety of porridge grew and changed.

According to theories of traditional Chinese medicine, laba porridge can also be a healthy food. The wide variety of grains and nuts not only provide carbohydrates, but are also rich in vitamins and minerals, protein, fat and fiber. It is, therefore, very nutritious. Thus, Nowadays it is not just taken on this special occasion, but whenever people feel like it.