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Free laba porridge at Lama Temple

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2013-01-19 18:51
Free <EM>laba</EM> porridge at Lama Temple

People enjoy free rice porridge at the Lama Temple, Beijing, on Jan 19, 2013. The the Lama Temple is a Tibetan Buddhist temple, which has a tradition of serving free laba rice porridge on the eighth day of December on the Chinese lunar calendar. It is a tradition in China to eat porridge on this day. The main ingredients are rice and sticky rice; people also add sugar, red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, longans, hazelnuts, raisins, red beans, peanuts, and other foods to make the porridge special. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

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