Voluntary workers fill bowls with Laba porridge at the Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 23, 2018. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, fell on Jan. 24 this year. The temple will send more than 300,000 sets of free Laba porridge to construction sites, communities, hospitals, nursing homes and welfare houses during this year's Laba Festival. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Seniors living alone gather to eat Laba porridge at Nanyuan Village of Taiping Township of Nanchang City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 23, 2018. Seniors living alone gather to eat Laba porridge to celebrate Laba Festival. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, fell on Jan. 24 this year. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)
A volunteer distributes Laba porridge to construction workers in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 23, 2018. A variety of events were held in communities of Hefei to greet the Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Foreign students from South Korea and Cambodia take selfie with Laba porridge at a community in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 23, 2018. A variety of events were held in communities of Hefei to greet the Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
People queue up to get Laba porridge outside Dacien Temple in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2018. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, fell on Jan. 24 this year. It's customary on this day to eat a special Laba porridge, usually made with at least eight ingredients, representing people's prayers for harvest. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)
A monk offers Laba porridge to citizens outside Dacien Temple in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2018. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, fell on Jan. 24 this year. It's customary on this day to eat a special Laba porridge, usually made with at least eight ingredients, representing people's prayers for harvest. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)
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