Wang Yuyin (left), a 58-year-old sanitation worker, eats Laba porridge with collages after work in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, January 5, 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)