On the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, also known as Laba, locals gather to cook Laba porridge, the most important part of the festival. Generally, the porridge contains eight ingredients, which can include glutinous rice, red beans, millet, Chinese sorghum, peas, dried lotus seeds and some other ingredients, such as dried dates, chestnut meat, walnut meat, almonds and peanuts. Wuxi locals will add vegetables and ribs to make salty ones. [Photo/WeChat account: wuxishilvyouju]
Locals in Yangshan town in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province, are busy making preparations for the upcoming Chinese New Year.
They gathered to cook porridge, make rice wine and rice cakes, make spring couplets, and make handicrafts for the New Year.
