On January 26, community working staff serve Laba porridge to sanitation workers, elderly residents, and other groups at Xinjiefang Community, Chengzhong Neighborhood, Hecheng District, Huaihua. This activity aims to let residents feel the care and warmth of their neighborhood during this traditional festival. (Photo/Chai Junlin and Liu Jiahui)
The Laba Festival, which is celebrated each year on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, falls on January 26 this year. It features the custom of having Laba porridge, signaling the arrival of the Chinese New Year season.
On January 26, sanitation workers taste Laba porridge at the Shimin Square, Jiahe County. Local enterprises and volunteers launched a Laba porridge distribution activity on that day, to extend their thanks and care to the sanitation workers, often referred to as "urban beauticians." (Photo/Huang Chuntao)
The Laba Festival, which is celebrated each year on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, falls on January 26 this year. It features the custom of having Laba porridge, signaling the arrival of the Chinese New Year season.
On January 26, volunteers serve Laba porridge to residents at Shunfeng Square, Linwu County. (Photo/Chen Weiping)
The Laba Festival, which is celebrated each year on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, falls on January 26 this year. It features the custom of having Laba porridge, signaling the arrival of the Chinese New Year season.
On January 26, seniors taste Laba porridge at a nursing home in Loudi City. The workers of the nursing home made Laba porridge and accompanied the elderly to celebrate this traditional festival. (Photo/Wu Yonghua and Peng Dongting)
The Laba Festival, which is celebrated each year on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, falls on January 26 this year. It features the custom of having Laba porridge, signaling the arrival of the Chinese New Year season.
Residents receive Laba porridge on January 26. A Laba porridge serving activity was held in Nanyue District, Hengyang City on that day. Residents and tourists tasted warm Laba porridge, feeling the festive atmosphere of the upcoming Chinese New Year. (Photo/Cao Zhengping and Wen Lan)
The Laba Festival, which is celebrated each year on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, falls on January 26 this year. It features the custom of having Laba porridge, signaling the arrival of the Chinese New Year season.
People queue for free Laba porridge at a supermarket in Qianzhou Neighborhood, Jishou City on January 26. As a popular nursery rhyme goes, "When Laba is here, Spring Festival is not far away." Many supermarkets and malls launched porridge servings and sales promotion activities, carrying forward the traditional customs and driving sales of New Year goods. (Photo/Liang Yonghong)
The Laba Festival, which is celebrated each year on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, falls on January 26 this year. It features the custom of having Laba porridge, signaling the arrival of the Chinese New Year season.
This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.
Translator: Pang Yuehui
Chinese source: hunantoday
