腊月初八

Laba garlic is a custom in north China, especially in North China. As the name suggests, garlic is made on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

泡腊八蒜是中国北方，尤其是华北地区的一个习俗。顾名思义，就是在阴历腊月初八的这天来泡制大蒜。

After six years of strict discipline, he finally realized his dream of full enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

后经六年苦行，终于在腊月初八这一天悟道成佛。

Follow an our country people´s custom, at folks, wax beginning of month eight have the customs to eat wax eight gruels.

按照我国民俗，在民间，腊月初八有吃腊八粥的风俗。

By Zhu Yuan sugar porridge eighth day of the days of the twelfth lunar month, so this porridge is also called laba porridge.

因朱元璋吃糖粥的日子是腊月初八，所以这粥也就叫腊八粥了。

Pre wax at the third after the winter solstice Xu day fixed in the twelfth lunar month before the Northern and Southern started eighth day.

先秦的腊日在冬至后的第三个戌日，南北朝开始才固定在腊月初八。