what is the laba rice porridge festival
Laba Festival. The Laba (simplified Chinese: èå«; traditional Chinese: èå«; literally: Eighth of La) is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the La Month (or Layue èæ), the twelfth month of the Chinese calendar. 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.