Citizens line up for free Laba porridge at Hanshan Temple in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, on the Laba Festival on Jan. 24, 2018. 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, which falls on Feb. 16 this year. (Xinhua/Hang Xingwei)