Free laba porridge at Lama Temple

People enjoy free rice porridge at the Lama Temple, Beijing, on Jan 19, 2013. The the Lama Temple is a Tibetan Buddhist temple, which has a tradition of serving free laba rice porridge on the eighth day of December on the Chinese lunar calendar. It is a tradition in China to eat porridge on this day. The main ingredients are rice and sticky rice; people also add sugar, red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, longans, hazelnuts, raisins, red beans, peanuts, and other foods to make the porridge special. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]