Laba, I wish you all the best

Laba Festival, which falls on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year, is also known as the "Dharma Treasure Festival", "Buddha Enlightenment Festival", "Enlightenment Meeting", etc. It was originally a Buddhist festival to commemorate the enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha, and later gradually became a folk festival.

In northern my country, there is a saying that "children, don't be greedy, after Laba, it's the New Year." Laba means the beginning of the New Year. Every Laba Festival, people in northern China are busy peeling garlic to make vinegar, soaking Laba garlic, and eating Laba noodles and Laba porridge. In the south, Laba is rarely mentioned, and Laba Festival is a typical northern festival.