拗九节出自 “目连救母”的传说， 目连的母亲关在牢房 ” 桂圆 红枣、 这是何物？目连 “这是物垢（与九同音）粥”。福州方言拗垢 是航脏的意思，看守信以为真，不敢再截吃 合 其母才得以食。 The festival comes from the legend of "Mu Lian Rescuing His Mother"which says that when Mulian's mother was in jail,all the food he sent to her was eaten by the guard.Then an idea struck him.By mixing up sticky rice with water chestnuts,peanuts,dried longan,dates and brown sugar,he prepared a kind of sugared congee. When once again he was asked what he had brought to his mother,Mulian replied,"Aogao Congee."In Fuzhou dialect,"aogao"('gao'bearing the same pronunciation as '9')means "dirty"and the guard, accepting what he said as true,never ate the congee again.拗九节出自“目连救母”的传说，目连的母亲关在牢房 里，他送去的饭菜均被看守人截留去吃。后来，他想 出一个办法，用糯米、荸荠、花生、桂圆、红枣、红 糖等混合煮成糖稀饭。狱卒问道：“这是何物?目连” 回答：“这是拗垢（与九同音）粥”。福州方言拗垢 就是肮脏的意思。看守信以为真，不敢再截吃这拗九 粥，其母才得以食。 The festival comes from the legend of “Mu Lian Rescuing His Mother” which says that when Mulian's mother was in jail, all the food he sent to her was eaten by the guard. Then an idea struck him. By mixing up sticky rice with water chestnuts, peanuts, dried longan, dates and brown sugar, he prepared a kind of sugared congee. When once again he was asked what he had brought to his mother, Mulian replied, "Aogao Congee." In Fuzhou dialect, "aogao"(‘gao’ bearing the same pronunciation as ‘9’ ) means "dirty" and the guard, accepting what he said as true, never ate the congee again