Children eat Laba porridge at the Xuanzang Temple in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 13, 2019. "Laba" falls on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month. The Laba Festival is considered a prelude to the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 5 this year. (Xinhua/Sun Can)