Voluntary workers package Laba porridge at the Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 23, 2018. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, fell on Jan. 24 this year. The temple will send more than 300,000 sets of free Laba porridge to construction sites, communities, hospitals, nursing homes and welfare houses during this year's Laba Festival. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

Seniors living alone gather to eat Laba porridge at Nanyuan Village of Taiping Township of Nanchang City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 23, 2018. Seniors living alone gather to eat Laba porridge to celebrate Laba Festival. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, fell on Jan. 24 this year. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)