Laba Festival celebrated across China

Foreign students studying in Jiangsu University who are fromPakistan, Jamaica and Ethiopia, take selfies with Laba porridge in Zhenjiang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 22, 2018. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, fell on Jan. 24 this year. It's customary on this day to eat a special Laba porridge, usually made with at least eight ingredients, representing people's prayers for harvest. (Xinhua/Shi Yucheng)