Umkhosi kaLaba ubhekisela osukwini lwesishiyagalombili lwenyanga yeshumi nambili. Umkhosi wakwaLaba uwumkhosi osetshenziselwa ukukhulekela amadlozi nonkulunkulu nokuthandazela isivuno esihle nokuba nenhlanhla.
E-China, kunomkhuba wokuphuza uphuthu lwe-Laba kanye nokucwiliswa kwe-Laba garlic ngesikhathi soMkhosi weLaba. E-Henan nakwezinye izindawo, iphalishi ye-Laba ibizwa nangokuthi "Ilayisi Lomndeni". Kuwumkhuba wokudla komkhosi wokuhlonipha iqhawe lesizwe u-Yue Fei.
Imikhuba yokudla:
1 Laba iphalishi
Kunomkhuba wokuphuza uphuthu lukaLaba ngosuku lukaLaba. Iphalishi le-Laba libuye libizwe ngokuthi “Ingcebo Eyisikhombisa kanye Nephalishi Lephunga Elimnandi”. Umlando wokuphuza uphuthu lweLaba ezweni lami usuneminyaka engaphezu kwenkulungwane. Yaqala ngobukhosi beNgoma. Ngosuku lukaLaba, noma ngabe igceke lombuso, uhulumeni, ithempeli noma abantu abavamile, bonke benza uLaba iphalishi. Ebukhosini bakwa-Qing, isiko lokuphuza iphalishi likaLaba lalidlange kakhulu.

2 Laba Garlic
Ezindaweni eziningi zaseNyakatho yeChina, ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili lwenyanga yeshumi nambili, kukhona isiko lokucwilisa i-garlic ngeviniga, ebizwa ngokuthi "i-Laba garlic". Ukucwilisa i-Laba garlic kuwumkhuba eNyakatho neChina. Ezinsukwini ezingaphezu kweziyishumi ngemva kukaLaba, uMkhosi waseNtwasahlobo. Ngenxa yokucwiliswa kuviniga, i-garlic iluhlaza iyonke, enhle kakhulu, kanti uviniga nawo unokunambitheka okubabayo kwegalikhi. Ngobusuku Bangaphambi Kukancibijane, ngaseMkhosini waseNtwasahlobo, ngidla amadombolo nezitsha ezibandayo nogalikhi we-Laba noviniga, futhi kunambitheka kahle kakhulu.

Kunesisho esithi ngemva kokuba uLaba sekunguNyaka Omusha WaseShayina, wonke umuzi uqala ukuqoqa ukudla ngoNyaka Omusha WaseShayina.