Have a bowl of Laba porridge in Laba Festival

Volunteers make Laba porridge for citizens at Xiangshan District of Huaibei City, east China's Anhui Province, on the Laba Festival on Jan. 24, 2018. The Laba Festival, literally the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, is considered a prelude to the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 16 this year. (Xinhua/Wan Shanchao)