腊（La 4）八（Ba 1）greetings from eChineselearning

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The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the LaBa Festival in China.We chinese call it腊（La 4）八（Ba 1）, an important festival in the twelfth lunar month. And on this day, according to tradition passed down by old people, Chinese cook porridge with nuts and dried fruits called 腊（La 4）八（Ba 1）粥(Zhou 1) by Chinese. If you are interested in it, you can try cooking腊（La 4）八（Ba 1）粥(Zhou 1) by yourself:
Step1: preparing the materials as follows:红枣（Hong 2 Zao 3）莲子（Lian 3 Zi 3）核桃（He 2 Tao 2）栗子(Li 4 Zi 1) 杏仁（Xing 4 Ren 2）松仁（Song 1 Ren 2）桂圆(Gui 4 Yuan 2) 榛子（Zhen 1 Zi 3）葡萄（Pu 2 Tao 2）白果(Bai 2 Guo 3) 菱角（Ling 2 Jiao 3）青丝（Qing 1 Si 1）玫瑰（Mei 2 gui 1）红豆(Hong 2 Dou 4) 花生（Hua 1 Sheng 1）and some other nuts and dried fruits that you like.
Step2:boiling these nuts and dried fruit together with rice on light fire.
(After it’s done, adding white sugar If you like sweet taste)
The cooking method is simple, right? Have you got it?
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