Three major customs on Laba are ancestor worship, eating Laba rice porridge and making Laba garlic (“腊八”的三大习俗是祭祖、吃腊八粥和做腊八蒜 “là bā”de sān dà xí sú shì jì zǔ、chī là bā zhōu hé zuò là bā suàn).
Chinese people start their preparations for the Spring Festival more than 20 days ahead. The 12th lunar month in Chinese is called la yue, so the eighth day of this lunar month is la yue chu ba, or ...