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Laba is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, referring 【小题1】 the start of celebrations for the Chinese New Year. It is a 【小题2】 (tradition) Chinese festival, a time for the ancient Chinese 【小题3】 (pray) to heaven and earth that there would be a bountiful harvest. Since the festival was held on the eighth day of the last month, people later used the number eight (“ba” in Chinese), 【小题4】 (give) us today’s Laba.

The Laba rice porridge is 【小题5】 most important part of the festival. 【小题6】 (general), the porridge 【小题7】 (contain) eight ingredients which can include glutinous rice, red beans, millet, Chinese sorghum, peas, dried lotus seeds and some other 【小题8】 (thing). The porridge must 【小题9】 (boil) for many hours and then offered as a sacrifice to the ancestors. This must be done before noontime. Also, it is a tradition 【小题10】 family members cat the porridge together. Then they leave some as a symbol of hope for a good harvest in the coming year.