Laba Festival celebrated across China

A child eats Laba porridge in Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 2, 2020. 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. It is customary to eat Laba Porridge on this day. (Photo by Hu Panxue/Xinhua)