January 7th, 2025, the eighth day of the last lunar month of 2024, was the Laba Festival, which is regarded as a vanguard of the Chinese Lunar New Year. For frontline Binjiang Property staff, preparing Laba porridge for proprietors has become a tradition to ring in the New Year. Laba porridge is a delightful mix of ingredients and, in Lao She’s words, is like a miniature agricultural exhibition. A bowl of fragrant Laba porridge marks the prelude to the joyous and harmonious Spring Festival.