Citizens queue to get free porridge at Huayan Temple in Chongqing, southwest China, January 19, 2013. The Huayan Temple distributed Laba porridge for free on January 19, the eighth day of the 12th lunar month or the day of Laba Festival. The Laba Festival is regarded as a prelude to the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, the most important occasion of family reunion, which falls on February 10 of this year. Drinking Laba porridge on the day of Laba is a traditional custom in China. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)
A child eats free porridge at White Horse Monastery in Luoyang, central China’s Henan Province, January 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
Citizens queue to get free porridge at Hanshan Temple in Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, January 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Hang Xingwei)
Citizens queue to get free porridge at White Horse Monastery in Luoyang, central China’s Henan Province, January 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
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