The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is customarily called the twelfth lunar month. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as Laba Festival, is the customary Laba Festival in my country.
Soaking Laba garlic is a custom in the north, especially in North China. As the name suggests, garlic is brewed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The origin of Laba Garlic is mainly the word "garlic" of Laba Garlic, which has the same pronunciation as the word "suan". It has been closed in recent years. On this day, each business has to calculate the income and expenditure of the year. It can be seen that the profit and loss, including external debts and All foreign debts must be settled on this day. But the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Chinese people always talk about face and luck, and they can't go to people's homes and shout: "Pay back your debts." So the debt collector would soak some Laba garlic and give it away. Those who owe money naturally understand it tacitly: the new year is over and it is time to settle the debts of the year. "Garlic" has the same pronunciation as "garlic". Use laba garlic as a debt collection reminder.