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Laba (腊八)Congee Distributed by LYT Passes Warmth at Special Schools

LY-Temple | 2018-01-24 | View: 2387

From January 19 to 21, 2018, the Buddhist masters and volunteers from Yunlin Charitable Foundation of Lingyin Temple distributed over 3,000 portions of Laba Congee to the students at Morning Star Children Rehabilitation Center, Chenxin Children’s Intellectual Development Center, Yanglingzi School for Special Education, Wanwan Care Center and other special schools in Hangzhou. It was a warm and meaningful Laba Festival for all of them. The Buddhist masters introduced to the students and teachers the origin and history of Laba Festival and also showed them the ingredients and how to make Laba Congee. Accompanied by the Yunlin volunteers and the railway volunteers, the children from Yanglingzi School for Special Education and Wanwan Care Center sent part of the Laba Congee to the traffic policemen, community staff, security guards, sanitation workers, couriers, the elderly and the youngsters, etc., in continual efforts to pass on love and kindness.