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Laba festival celebrated with free porridge

 

Buddhist monks serve Laba porridge to local residents at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing, January 15, 2008. Laba festival falls on the eighth day of the 12th month according to the Lunar calendar. It is a Buddhist tradition of more than 1,000 years in China to eat porridge on Laba, the day Sakyamuni achieved immortality. [chinadaily.com.cn]

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