A worker in a community gives Laba porridge to local residents in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, January 6. 2014. The Laba Festival which falls on January 8 this year is regarded as a prelude to the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, the most important occasion of family reunion. Eating Laba porridge on the day of Laba is a traditional custom in China. (Xinhua)