ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Laba e pili ana i ka lā ʻewalu o ka malama ʻumikūmālua. ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Laba kahi ʻahaʻaina i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻomana i nā kūpuna a me nā akua a pule no ka ʻohi maikaʻi a me ka pōmaikaʻi.
Ma Kina, aia kahi kuʻuna o ka inu ʻana i ka porridge Laba a me ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ke kālika Laba i ka wā o ka ʻAhaʻaina Laba. Ma Henan a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Laba porridge ʻo "Family Race". He kuʻuna meaʻai ʻahaʻaina ia no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ke koa aupuni ʻo Yue Fei.
Nā ʻano ʻai:
1 Pāpaʻi Laba
Aia kekahi kuʻuna o ka inu ʻana i ka porridge Laba i ka lā Laba. Ua kapa ʻia hoʻi ka porridge Laba ʻo "ʻEhiku Waiwai a me ʻElima ʻOno Porridge". ʻOi aku ka mōʻaukala o ka inu ʻana i ka porridge Laba ma koʻu ʻāina ma mua o hoʻokahi tausani mau makahiki. Ua hoʻomaka mua ia i ka Song Dynasty. I ka lā o Laba, inā paha he ʻaha aliʻi, ke aupuni, ka luakini a i ʻole nā ​​​​kānaka maʻamau, hana lākou a pau i ka porridge Laba. I ka Qing Dynasty, ʻoi aku ka laha o ke kuʻuna o ka inu ʻana i ka porridge Laba.

2 Laba Kālika
Ma ka hapa nui o nā wahi o Kina ʻĀkau, i ka lā ʻewalu o ka mahina ʻumikūmālua o ka mahina, aia kahi kuʻuna o ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ke kālika me ka vīnega, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Laba garlic". ʻO ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ke kālika Laba he kuʻuna ma Kina ʻĀkau. Ma mua o nā lā he ʻumi ma hope o Laba, ʻo ia ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna. Ma muli o ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ka vīnega, he ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke kālika holoʻokoʻa, he nani loa ia, a he ʻono ʻala hoʻi ka vīnega e like me ke kālika. I ka Pōʻalima Makahiki Hou, a puni ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna, ʻai au i nā dumplings a me nā kīʻaha anuanu me ke kālika Laba a me ka vīnega, a he ʻono maikaʻi loa ia.

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