ʻO ka ʻahaʻaina Laba e pili ana i ka lā ʻewalu o ka mahina ʻumikūmālua o ka mahina. ʻO ka ʻahaʻaina Laba kahi ʻahaʻaina i hoʻomana ʻia i nā kūpuna a me nā akua a pule no ka ʻohi maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi.
Ma Kina, aia kahi hana maʻamau o ka inu ʻana i ka porridge Laba a me ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ke kālika Laba i ka wā o ka Laba Festival. Ma Henan a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, kapa ʻia ʻo Laba porridge ʻo "Family Rice". He meaʻai ʻahaʻaina ia no ka hanohano o ka meʻe aupuni ʻo Yue Fei.
Nā hana ʻai:
1 Laba Porridge
He ʻano maʻamau ka inu ʻana i ka pālaʻi Laba i ka lā Laba. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Laba porridge "ʻEhiku waiwai a me ʻelima ʻala ʻala". Ua ʻoi aku ka mōʻaukala o ka inu ʻana i Laba porridge i koʻu ʻāina ma mua o hoʻokahi kaukani makahiki. Ua hoʻomaka mua ʻia i ka Song Dynasty. I ka la o Laba, ina paha o ka Aha Emepera, o ke aupuni, o ka luakini, a me na kanaka makaainana, hana lakou a pau i ka puaa Laba. I ka Mōʻī Qing, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o ka inu ʻana i ka puaʻa Laba.

2 Laba Garlic
Ma ka hapanui o nā wahi o Kina ʻĀkau, i ka lā ʻewalu o ka mahina ʻumikūmālua o ka mahina, aia kahi maʻamau o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ke kālika me ka vīnega, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Laba garlic". He mea maʻamau ka hoʻoinu ʻana i ke kālika Laba ma Kina ʻĀkau. ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻumi lā ma hope o Laba, ʻo ia ka Spring Festival. Ma muli o ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana i ka vīneka, ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke kāleka holoʻokoʻa, he nani loa ia, a ʻo ka vīnega hoʻi ka ʻono ʻono o ke kāleka. Ma ka Poʻe Makahiki Hou, ma kahi o ka Spring Festival, ʻai au i nā dumplings a me nā kīʻaha anu me Laba kālika a me ka vīnega, a ʻono loa.

Aia kekahi ʻōlelo ma hope o Laba ka Makahiki Hou Pākē, hoʻomaka kēlā me kēia ʻohana e hoʻopaʻa i nā meaʻai no ka Makahiki Hou Kina.