People taste local cuisine at a folk event in Longde County of Guyuan City, north China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 24, 2018. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, fell on Jan. 24 this year. It's customary on this day to eat a special Laba porridge, usually made with at least eight ingredients, representing people's prayers for harvest. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)