Laba porridge

Noun

Laba porridge (uncountable)

1. A kind of congee traditionally made with 8 variable vegetarian flavorings and consumed during the Laba Festival.
   • In China, festivals are important occasions, when edibles and other gifts are presented and exchanged. In the few years of its existence, the factory has made it a practice to present at various festival times to each worker 10 dumplings, ½ catty of "mid-Autumn cake," ¼ catty of dried plums, ½...[1951, Wilbert E. Moore, “The Search for New Opportunities”, in Industrialization and Labor: Social Aspects of Economic Development, New York: Russell & Russell, sourced from Sung-Ho Lin, Factory...
   • The Chinese have been eating laba porridge since the time of the Song Dynasty (960–1279). In those days, the central and local government as well as the monasteries would make laba porridge on every Laba Festival.2011, Wei Liming, Chinese Festivals, page 9

   Synonyms:

   Laba congee