Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2017 shows the ingredients of Laba congee in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, will fall on Jan. 5 this year. It's customary on this day to eat a special Laba congee, or eight treasure porridge, usually made with at least eight ingredients, representing people's prayers for harvest, happiness and peace. [Ding Genhou / Xinhua]

A teacher shows the ingredients of Laba congee to children at the Qunying Kindergarten in Kaifeng, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 4, 2017. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, will fall on Jan. 5 this year. It's customary on this day to eat a special Laba congee, or eight treasure porridge, usually made with at least eight ingredients, representing people's prayers for harvest, happiness and peace. [Li Junsheng / Xinhua]

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2017 shows the ingredients of Laba congee in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, will fall on Jan. 5 this year. It's customary on this day to eat a special Laba congee, or eight treasure porridge, usually made with at least eight ingredients, representing people's prayers for harvest, happiness and peace. [Ding Genhou / Xinhua]

A cook makes Laba congee at the Daming Temple in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 4, 2017. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, will fall on Jan. 5 this year. It's customary on this day to eat a special Laba congee, or eight treasure porridge, usually made with at least eight ingredients, representing people's prayers for harvest, happiness and peace.

[Meng Delong / Xinhua]

An old woman shows the ingredients of Laba congee in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2017. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, will fall on Jan. 5 this year. It's customary on this day to eat a special Laba congee, or eight treasure porridge, usually made with at least eight ingredients, representing people's prayers for harvest, happiness and peace. [Ding Genhou / Xinhua]

Residents eat Laba congee in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2017. The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, will fall on Jan. 5 this year. It's customary on this day to eat a special Laba congee, or eight treasure porridge, usually made with at least eight ingredients, representing people's prayers for harvest, happiness and peace.

[Ding Genhou / Xinhua]