Laba Children's Rhyme Rhyme:

1. Children, don't be greedy, after Laba is the New Year, Laba porridge, drink it for a few days, it will be twenty-three. Twenty-three, sticky sugar; twenty-four, cleaning day; twenty-five, fried tofu; twenty-six, stewed mutton; twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; twenty-eight, make the dough; twenty-nine, steam Steamed buns; in the evening of the thirties, let's have a night of fun; on the first day of the new year, have a twist!

2. Laba seven, Laba, cold ducks freeze to death, Laba nine, puppies freeze to death, Laba nine Ten, the little man froze to death.

3. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God goes to heaven to be a slave; on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, a mild vegetarian diet is required; on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, eating fish is a great supplement; on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, it is necessary to eat fish. On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, a big meat is stewed; on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, a rooster is slaughtered with a sharp knife; on the twenty-eighth twelfth lunar month, steamed buns with white flour are served; on the twenty-ninth twelfth lunar month, people eat lots of lotus roots; on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, a big plate of dumplings is served to celebrate the New Year.

Proverbs about Laba:

Laba, Laba, your chin will fall off from the cold

In winter, you will be covered with a three-layer wheat quilt, and next year you will sleep with a steamed bun as your pillow.

Laba. Laba, yes, Laba, no, Hasa

Laba, sacrifice to the stove, the New Year is coming, the girl wants flowers, the boy wants cannons, and the old woman eats sweet-scented osmanthus cake. The old man wears a new felt hat, and after eating Laba rice, he celebrates the new year!

A common saying about Laba:

"Laba is the seventh and the eighth laba, and the jackdaws freeze to death"

Old Beijing proverb

It means that during Laba, the coldest time of the year, the cold-resistant jackdaws can be frozen to death. As long as you drink Laba rice porridge this morning, your hands and feet will not freeze all winter.

Jackdaw

Common names: White-necked Pheasant, White-necked Pheasant.

Classification: Passeriformes, Corvidae, Corvus