Harvest of Happiness: Laba Porridge Tradition

On the eighth day of the lunar December, China celebrates the Laba Festival, a day intertwined with the delightful consumption of Laba Porridge. This hearty porridge blends glutinous rice, sesame seeds, coix seeds, longans, red dates, shiitake mushrooms, lotus seeds, and other ingredients, symbolizing the abundance of grains and the imminent happiness and auspiciousness in the upcoming new year.

By Wang Ruoxin and Wang Jinhong