Hundred of elderly people from the Donghu district of Wuhan gathered to celebrate Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, which fell on Jan. 5. Together, the group enjoyed a “banquet of 1,000 aged people,” which was started by Emperor Kangxi during the Qing Dynasty to show solicitude and respect to the elderly.
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