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腊八节快乐！Happy Laba Festival!
Today, January 10th 2022*, is the Laba Festival, a Buddhist festival marking the date of the Buddha's enlightenment. It is celebrated by eating Laba congee (see above).
* This falls on the 8th day of the 12 month of the traditional Chinese solar-lunar calendar, so it changes from year to year relative to the Gregorian caledar used in most cultures today.
腊八节快乐！Happy Laba Festival!
Today, January 10th 2022*, is the Laba Festival, a Buddhist festival marking the date of the Buddha's enlightenment. It is celebrated by eating Laba congee (see above).
* This is caculated by the traditional Chinese calendar, so it changes from year to year relative to the Gregorian caledar used in most cultures today.
