Chinese Festivals and Culinary Delights
The December (Là Bā) Festival In the Chinese Lunar calendar, December is referred to as “Là Yuè” (腊月)–with là (腊) referring to ‘preserved meat’ and yuè (月) to ‘month’. So December is known as the time for preparing meat and fish for their preservation over winter. The Là Bā (臘八) Festival falls on December 8th […]