Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.It's a day for celebrating harvest，offering sacrifices （祭品） to ancestors，and worshiping （祭拜） gods.There are different customs in different areas around China.
    Making Laba garlic （大蒜）
    In North China there is a custom of putting garlic in vinegar （醋） on Laba Festival.After a few days，the garlic will turn green.This pickled garlic goes very well with dumpljye.aigs.In Chinese，the words "garlic" and "calculate （算）" have the same pronunciation；therefore，eating garlic is a symbol of calculating the year's income （收入） and outgoings.
    Having Laba noodle
    Because northerners （北方人） like foods made from wheat flour，they eat Laba noodles on the morning of Laba Day.The noodles are not the same as common ones.They are made with eight ingredients （食材），which means money comes from all directions and everything goes well.
    Boiling five kinds of beans
    In some areas，people boil five kinds of beans and make a dough （面團） in the shape of sparrow's （麻雀的） head on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month.They believe if they eat "sparrow heads"，the sparrows will have headaches and not harm their crops in the coming year.
（1）Laba Festival is celebrated on

the eighth

the eighth

day of the twelfth lunar month.
（2）In North China，people always put garlic in

vinegar

vinegar

on Laba Festival.
（3）On the morning of Laba Day，

northerners

northerners

eat Laba noodles made with eight ingredients.
（4）From the passage we can know that

different customs

different customs

in different areas around China.
（5）In some areas，people eat "sparrow heads" because they believe the sparrows will have headaches and not

harm their crops

harm their crops

in the coming year.