Pupils learn to recognize the food materials of Laba porridge in Wendeng city, Shandong province, Jan. 16, 2013. Pupils together with their teacher attended an activity to welcome the coming Laba Festival which falls on Jan. 19 this year. Laba festival, literally the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, is considered the prelude of Chinese Spring Festival.

Students learn to cook Laba porridge in Yantai, Shandong Province, Jan. 17, 2013. Students from a primary school attended an activity to welcome the coming Laba Festival which falls on Jan. 19 this year. Laba festival, literally the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, is considered the prelude of Chinese Spring Festival.