People taste Laba porridge to celebrate Laba Festival across China

Citizens get free Laba porridge during a Laba folk culture festival in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 13, 2019. 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. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)