People taste Laba porridge to celebrate Laba Festival across China

Volunteer prepare Laba porridge for sanitation workers in Taizhou City, east China's Zhejiang 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/Wang Huabin)