Poems about Laba

Laba porridge

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The porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month was handed down from the Vatican Kingdom.

The seven treasures are beautifully blended and mixed.

This is for Puyi, but also for merit.

Monks and monks have done many good deeds, and their heels have added luster.

This wind has not been removed, and the old times are still there.

This poem explains the origin of Laba porridge, which is related to Buddhism. Laba Festival is recorded in writing, first in the Song Dynasty.

There is a cloud in Lu You's poem "Walking in the West Village on December 8th" in Song Dynasty;

The meaning of the wind and the twelfth lunar month has been in spring, and it has passed my neighbor when it is scattered.

In the desert of Chai Men, there are many cattle trails and wild seashores.

The only thing many diseases need is medicine, and the poor objects are idle people.

At present, Buddha porridge is more mutually beneficial, and it is more important to store things in Jiangcun.

On Laba Festival, an old man walked alone with crutches, and his mood was inevitably low.

The word' Buddha porridge' refers to Laba porridge cooked by Buddhist temples on Laba Festival.

It seems that people in China have been drinking Laba porridge for thousands of years.

In the Qing Dynasty, both ordinary people and nobles in the palace and even the imperial court cooked Laba porridge in the palace on Laba Festival.

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Laba cooks more porridge,

The minister sent a special mission to Yonghe.

Kindness is also the Buddha of today.

Serve and boil in the second pot.

On Laba Festival, every household cooks Laba porridge, and the court is a living Buddha, no exception.

Ministers cooked Laba porridge in Yonghe Palace, which was used by the imperial court to worship Buddha and give it to princes and ministers.

According to relevant documents, there were four cauldrons for cooking porridge in the Lama Temple in Qing Dynasty. The largest diameter of the cauldron is two meters, and the depth is one and a half meters, which can hold several loads of rice.

When cooking porridge, the first pot is dedicated to the Buddha.

The second pot is for the Queen Mother and her family.

The third pot was given to the king and the young master's house.

The fourth pot is for Lama.

Emperor Guangdi of Qing Dynasty once wrote a poem about Laba porridge.