Laba Festival celebrated across China

People take pictures of food materials to be made Laba porridge at the Pilu Temple in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu 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/Liu Jianhua)