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Laba Festival warms up citizens for Chinese New Year

Source: chinadaily.com.cn Updated: 2024-01-19

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Children learn to identify different kinds of ingredients prepared to make Laba porridge at Intelligent Star Kindergarten, in the Dongchangfu district of Liaocheng, Shandong province on Jan 17, 2024. [Photo by Zhang Zhenxiang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

The eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar year is the traditional Chinese festival, the Laba Festival, which falls on Jan 18 this year. The custom for this day is to enjoy a steaming bowl of Laba porridge.

In northern parts of China, there is saying: "Right after Laba, the new year is coming." Laba is considered as the commencement of the Chinese New Year.

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