The 8th day of the 12th lunar month, the Buddha's enlightenment in Chinese tradition: Laba congee is shared. The Laba Festival (Chinese: 臘八節) is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the month of La (or Layue 臘月), the twelfth month of the Chinese calendar. It is the beginning of the Chinese New Year period. It is customary on this day to eat Laba congee. Laba Festival was not on a fixed day until the Southern and Northern dynasties, when it was influenced by Buddhism and was fixed on the eighth day of twelfth month, which was also the enlightenment day of the Buddha. Therefore, many customs of the Laba Festival are related to Buddhism. It corresponds directly to the Japanese Rohatsu and the South Asian Bodhi Day. Wiki link Dates computed: Theravada full moons on the South Asian lunar calendar (New Delhi), East Asian days on the Chinese calendar (China's time), Japan's on fixed dates. Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).