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Dragon Boat Festival

Usuku lwe-5 lwenyanga ye-5 yenyanga

Umnyhadala we-Dragon Boat, okwabizwa ngokuba nguMnyhadala weDuanwu, ubhiyozelwa ngomhla wesihlanu kwinyanga yesihlanu ngokwekhalenda yaseTshayina.Kangangamawaka eminyaka, umnyhadala uphawulwe ngokutya i-zong zi (irayisi eneglutinous esongelwe ukwenza iphiramidi esebenzisa i-bamboo okanye amagqabi engcongolo) kunye nezikhephe zedragoni ezibalekayo.

Lo mnyhadala waziwa kakhulu ngogqatso lwamaphenyane edragoni ingakumbi kumaphondo asemazantsi apho kukho imilambo namachibi amaninzi.Le regatta ikhumbula ukufa kuka-Qu Yuan, umfundisi onyanisekileyo ekuthiwa wazibulala ngokuziphosa emlanjeni.

U-Qu wayengumphathiswa we-State of Chu ehlala kwiphondo langoku laseHunan kunye ne-Hubei, ngexesha leXesha leMfazwe (475-221BC).Wayethe tye, enyanisekile yaye exatyiswe kakhulu ngesiluleko sakhe sobulumko esasizisa uxolo nempumelelo kwilizwe.Noko ke, xa inkosana enganyanisekanga neyonakeleyo yanyelisa uQu, wahlazeka waza wagxothwa esikhundleni.Eqonda ukuba ngoku ilizwe lisezandleni zamagosa amabi nawonakeleyo, uQu wabamba ilitye elikhulu waza watsibela kuMlambo iMiluo ngomhla wesihlanu kwinyanga yesihlanu.Abalobi abakufutshane babaleka bezama ukumsindisa kodwa abazange bakwazi nokubuyisela umzimba wakhe.Emva koko, urhulumente wenqaba kwaye ekugqibeleni woyiswa nguRhulumente waseQin.

Abantu baseChu ababezilela ukufa kukaQu baphosa irayisi emlanjeni ukuze batyise isiporho sakhe minyaka le ngomhla wesihlanu kwinyanga yesihlanu.Kodwa ngomnye unyaka, umoya waseQu wavela waxelela abantu abazilileyo ukuba isirhubuluzi esikhulu emlanjeni sasibile irayisi.Emva koko lo moya wabacebisa ukuba basonge irayisi ngesilika baze bayibophe ngemisonto emihlanu enemibala eyahlukeneyo ngaphambi kokuba bayiphose emlanjeni.

Ngexesha loMthendeleko we-Duanwu, i-pudding yerayisi ene-glutinous ebizwa ngokuba yi-zong zi iyadliwa ukufuzisela iminikelo yerayisi ku-Qu.Izithako ezifana neembotyi, imbewu ye-lotus, i-chestnuts, i-fat fat kunye ne-yolk yegolide yeqanda ledada elinetyuwa zihlala zongezwa kwirayisi e-glutinous.Emva koko i-pudding isongelwe ngamagqabi e-bamboo, iboshwe ngohlobo lwe-raffia kwaye ibiliswe emanzini anetyuwa iiyure.

Umdyarho weenqanawa zenamba ufuzisela iinzame ezininzi zokuhlangula nokubuyisela umzimba kaQu.Isikhephe esiqhelekileyo sedragoni sisuka kwi-50-100 yeenyawo ubude, sinomqadi omalunga neemitha ezi-5.5, esihlalisa ababhexi ababini behleli ecaleni icala.

Intloko yedragoni eyenziwe ngomthi incanyathiselwe kwisaphetha, kunye nomsila wenamba ngasemva.Ibhena ephakanyiselwe epalini nayo ibotshelelwe ngasemva kwaye i-hull ihonjiswe ngezikali ezibomvu, eziluhlaza kunye nebhlowu ezigoqwe ngegolide.Embindini wesikhephe kukho itempile egqunyiweyo emva kwayo iimvumi zegubu, ababetha igong kunye nabadlali bamacangci bahleli ukuze bamisele isantya sababheqi.Kukho namadoda abekwe kwisaphetha ukumisa iziqhushumbisi, ukuphosa irayisi emanzini kwaye enze ngathi ufuna iQu.Yonke ingxolo kunye ne-pageantry idala umoya wokuzonwabisa kunye nemincili kubathathi-nxaxheba kunye nababukeli ngokufanayo.Le midyarho ibanjwa phakathi kwezizwe, iilali kunye nemibutho eyahlukeneyo, kwaye abo baphumeleleyo bawongwa ngeembasa, iibhena, iijagi zewayini kunye nezidlo zolonwabo.


Ixesha lokuposa: Jun-06-2022