Locals line up for Laba porridge at the Yonghe Lama Temple in Beijing, Jan 17, 2016, marking the annual Laba Festival. Making and giving away the porridge during the festival are traditions at the temple. The Laba Festival, celebrated on the eighth day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar, is one of the most important traditional festivals in Chinese culture. It is regarded as a prelude to Chinese Lunar New Year. [Photo by Guan Xin/China Daily]