Làyuè (Chinese: 腊月) is the last month of the year in the Chinese calendar.
In general, the Great Cold, the 24th solar term, is in Làyuè.
The name comes from the winter sacrifice, just as February.
In Japan, the month known as Shiwasu (師走, lit.
Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the 12th Qing emperor of China, issued the imperial abdication edict on Layue 25, 1911.