CCTV News: It’s Laba again. January 7th is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is Laba Festival. "Laba is here, and the porridge is fragrant." On Laba, drinking Laba porridge is a common custom in the north and south of my country. People boil red dates, peanuts, longans, lotus seeds, walnuts, japonica rice, etc. and various beans into porridge. Laba porridge is filled with the people's beautiful wishes for a good harvest, maintain health and pray for peace, and it also carries people's indefinite expectations for a beautiful and happy life.

Our country has a vast territory, and Laba customs are different in different places. For example, there is a custom of "soaking garlic cloves with vinegar" in the northern region, called "Laba Vinegar". On New Year's Eve, the fragrant and hot dumplings are dipped in Laba vinegar, which has a unique flavor when you enter the mouth.

Anhui Nanling: Drink porridge and buy goods to visit the market. Laba is coming. Two days ago, a folk market to welcome the Laba Festival was held in Yijiang Town, Nanling County, Wuhu City, Anhui Province. The Laba porridge cooked on site, the exciting program performances, and a wide variety of New Year’s goods made the market very popular.

A bowl of steaming Laba porridge means that the next year is full of vitality and prosperity, and the "feeling of ceremony" of the New Year begins here.

In addition to drinking a bowl of Laba porridge, there are also lively performances at the market. In addition, many people gathered in front of various stalls that write couplets, sell candy, and snacks. The children came to buy New Year’s goods with their parents to feel the sweetness of life.

The "Laba" is coming, and the porridge is fragrant. Warm measures are conveying the warmth of winter. January 7 is Laba Festival. In Shangqiu City, Zhengzhou City, etc., teachers bring left-behind children to cook Laba porridge. The bus dispatcher also prepared Laba porridge for drivers, sanitation workers, etc. Drinking a bowl of hot porridge will not only warm your stomach, but also warm your heart.

In the canteen of Zhangbukou Primary School in Shangqiu City, teachers and students got busy early in the morning and were preparing to cook Laba porridge. It is understood that most of the students here are left-behind children. The parents work outside the country. The teachers lead the students to put the prepared glutinous rice, mung beans, raisins, red dates, millet, etc. on the dining table, and then put the ingredients in the pot. They boil and cook it like this. The steaming Laba porridge is out of the pot. After drinking the porridge they cooked, the children thought of their parents who worked hard outside.

In a bus dispatch room in Zhengzhou City, the dispatchers also prepared Laba porridge. Drivers, sanitation workers, couriers and other outdoor workers can come here to drink a bowl of porridge.