关于“腊八节”的那些事！

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你知道腊八节的由来吗？

小孩小孩你别馋，

过了腊八就是年。

腊八粥喝几天，

哩哩啦啦二十三。

二十三糖瓜粘。

二十四扫房子。

二十五做豆腐。

二十六煮煮肉，

二十七杀年鸡，

二十八把面发，

二十九蒸馒头，

三十晚上玩一宿，

大年初一扭一扭。

腊八节是农历12月初八，这一天象征着庆祝中国传统新春佳节的开始。“腊”代表一年中农历最后一个月，而“八”代表第八天。

Labais 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.

腊八粥包括糯米，红豆，小米，高粱米，青豆，莲子等成分，“八”同时也象征着粥里要包含八种以上成分，并与糖调和，给人以甜糯软香的口感。

At least eightingredients will be used, cooked with sugar to make the porridge tasty.

在腊八粥的成分和口味上，中国南北方人偏好各有不同，有些人还会根据自己的喜好添加特别的调味品，让这碗腊八粥变得更加别致。

People from north of China prefer to use glutinous rice, red beans, dates, lotus seeds, dried pulp, walnuts, pine nuts and other dried fruits in their porridge; whilst southerners enjoy a salty porridge prepared with rice, soybeans, peanuts, broad beans, taro, water chestnuts, walnuts, vegetables anddiced meat.Some people also like to add cinnamon and other condiments to make ita special flavour.

要想煮得一碗香甜可口的腊八粥，控温是最关键的秘诀之一。刚开始用高火，沸腾后小火慢煮，直至香味溢出。熬制过程耗时不短，但其实步骤很简单。

Controlling the heat is of great importance in making Laba porridge. At the beginning,the mixture of water and bean should be heated over a high flame, but afterboiling the flame would be turned down to let the porridge simmer until itbegins to emit a very delicious smell.The process is time-consuming but notcomplicated.

以北京的最为讲究，搀在白米中的物品较多，如红枣、莲子、核桃、栗子、杏仁、松仁、桂圆、榛子、葡萄、白果、菱角、青丝、玫瑰、红豆、花生……总计不下二十种。

人们在腊月初七的晚上，就开始忙碌起来，洗米、泡果、拨皮、去核、精拣然后在半夜时分开始煮，再用微火炖，一直炖到第二天的清晨，腊八粥才算熬好了。

大家现在对腊八有了一定了解了吧！

最后祝大家腊八快乐哦！