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Laba Festival customs:

Eating Laba porridge: There is a custom of eating Laba porridge on Laba day. Laba porridge is also called Qibao and five-flavor porridge. The history of eating Laba porridge in our country has been more than a thousand years. It first started in the Song Dynasty.

Sacrifice: Laba is originally a day for sacrifice, and some places still retain this custom.

Eating ice: The day before Laba Festival, people usually use steel basins to scoop water to freeze. When it comes to Laba Festival, they take off the ice from the basin and break the ice into pieces.

Soaking Laba garlic: Beijing and most parts of North China still have the custom of making Laba garlic on this day. Laba garlic is garlic soaked in vinegar. Use purple garlic and rice vinegar to remove the garlic cloves. Remove the old skin, soak it in rice vinegar, seal it in a small jar and put it in a cold place until the garlic turns green.

Making Laba Tofu

Eating Laba Noodles