Citizens get free Laba porridge in a pharmacy at Hefang Street in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on the Laba Festival on Jan. 24, 2108. 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/Li Zhong)