Laba porridge

English thumb|right|250px|Laba porridge and one set of its flavorings. Alternative forms en laba porridge Etymology A partial calque of the en cmn - form of en zh 臘八粥, named for its association with the Laba Festival. Noun - A kind of congee traditionally made with 8 variable vegetarian flavorings and consumed during the Laba Festival. en 1951 Wilbert E. Moore Wilbert E. Moore The Search for New Opportunities Industrialization and Labor: Social Aspects of Economic Development https://archive.org/details/industrializatio0000moor/ 1965 New York w:Russell & Russell Sung-Ho Lin, Factory Workers in Tangku (Peiping: Social Research Department, China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture, 1928), p. 33. 65-18822 231799 85–86 https://archive.org/details/industrializatio0000moor/page/86/ 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 catty of sugar, [and] 10 cents for making "la-pa" porridge, a food to be taken on the eighth day of the last month in the year. on en 2011 Wei Liming Chinese Festivals 9 The Chinese have been eating laba porridge since the time of the Song Dynasty (9601279). In those days, the central and local government as well as the monasteries would make laba porridge on every Laba Festival. en 2021 Joey Yap Legendary Chinese Festivals It is said that leftover Laba porridge is considered a good sign as it suggests that there will be leftovers every year... Synonyms en Laba congee Translations Chinese: Mandarin: zh 臘八粥; zh 八寶粥 Polish: pl chiński kleik ryżowy m-in en terms calqued from Mandarin en Foods China