Jisho

×
Wikipedia definition
1. Laba FestivalThe Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar Chinese calendar (known as Layue, or in Chinese, 臘月)). In China, it is customary on this day to eat Laba Congee. The Laba Festival had not been on a fixed day until the Southern and Northern dynasties, when it was influenced by Buddhism and got a fixed time on the eighth day of twelfth month, which was also the enlightenment day of the Buddha.
Read “Laba Festival” on English Wikipedia
Read “臘八節” on Japanese Wikipedia
Read “Laba Festival” on DBpedia

Discussions

to talk about this word.