Children prepare ingredients for making Laba porridge in a kindergarten in Zhengding County of Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 26, 2026. The Laba Festival, which is celebrated each year on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month with the custom of having Laba porridge, falls on Monday this year. (Photo by Liang Zidong/Xinhua)