What things only appear in the twelfth lunar month?

Firecrackers, Laba porridge, Laba garlic, couplets, rice cakes, stove candy. These will only appear in the twelfth lunar month.

Kitchen sugar: Kitchen sugar is a kind of crisp, sweet and sticky maltose, and it also has many shapes. It is better to say that there are long strips of Kwantung sugar and flat round honeydew melons, all of which have their own characteristics and unique flavors. Because the weather is cold in the twelfth month, the stove sugar will not melt, so it is only eaten in the twelfth month.

Firecrackers: The origin of firecrackers has a history of more than 2,000 years. When there was no gunpowder and paper, ancient people burned bamboo to make it burst and make a sound, so as to drive away the plague. Although this is a folklore, it reflects the ancient China people's longing for Aetna. Firecrackers have different names in different historical periods, from firecrackers, blasting poles, firecrackers, weaving guns to firecrackers.

Laba porridge: also known as "seven treasures and five flavors porridge", "Buddha porridge" and "everyone's rice", it is a kind of porridge made of various ingredients. "Drinking Laba porridge" is the custom of Laba Festival. The traditional ingredients of Laba porridge are rice, millet, corn, coix seed, red dates, lotus seeds, flowers, longan and various beans (such as red beans, mung beans, soybeans, black beans and kidney beans).

Laba garlic: usually refers to garlic pickled with vinegar. The finished product is green in color and slightly sour and spicy in taste. Because it is often pickled on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it is called "Laba garlic". Pickled Laba garlic is a traditional snack mainly popular in the north of China, especially in the north, and it is a dietary custom of Laba Festival. Make garlic on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Couplets: also known as antithesis, antithesis, spring stickers, spring couplets, couplets, etc. It is a antithesis written on paper, cloth or carved on bamboo, wood and columns. The antithesis of couplets is neat and even, which is a unique artistic form of Chinese.