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Dragon Boat Festival

I-Dragon Boat Festival yiholide yesiNtu yaseTshayina ewela ngomhla wesihlanu kwinyanga yesihlanu, esekupheleni kukaMeyi okanye ngoJuni kwikhalenda kaGregory.Ngo-2023, i-Dragon Boat Festival iwela ngoJuni 22 (ngoLwesine).I-China iya kuba neentsuku ze-3 zeholide zikawonkewonke ukusuka ngoLwesine (Juni 22) ukuya ngoMgqibelo (Juni 24).

I-Dragon Boat Festival ngumbhiyozo apho abaninzi batya amadombolo erayisi (i-zongzi), basela iwayini ye-realgar (xionghuangjiu), kunye nezikhephe zomdyarho.Eminye imisebenzi ibandakanya imifanekiso ejingayo kaZhong Kui (umzobo wasentsomini), i-mugwort kunye ne-calamus ejingayo, ukuthatha uhambo olude, ukubhala amagama kunye nokunxiba iingxowa zamayeza aqholiweyo.

Yonke le misebenzi kunye nemidlalo efana nokwenza iqanda lokumisa emini lithathwa ngabantu bakudala njengendlela esebenzayo yokuthintela izifo, ububi, ngelixa ikhuthaza impilo kunye nokuphila kakuhle.Maxa wambi abantu banxiba amakhubalo ukuze bathintele imimoya emdaka okanye banokuxhoma umfanekiso kaZhong Kui, umlindi kwimimoya emdaka, kumnyango wamakhaya abo.

KwiRiphabhlikhi yaseTshayina, lo mnyhadala wawukwabhiyozelwa “njengoSuku lweembongi” ukuhlonipha uQu Yuan, owaziwa njengembongi yokuqala yaseTshayina.Abemi baseTshayina ngokwesiko baphosa amagqabi e-bamboo azaliswe yirayisi ephekiweyo emanzini kwaye kuyinto eqhelekileyo ukutya i-tzungtzu kunye namadombolo erayisi.

Abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba i-Dragon Boat Festival yaqala kwi-China yakudala ngokusekelwe ekuzibulaleni kwembongi kunye nombuso wobukumkani bukaChu, u-Qu Yuan ngo-278 BCE.

Umthendeleko ukhumbula ubomi nokufa komphengululi odumileyo waseTshayina uQu Yuan, owayengumlungiseleli othembekileyo weKumkani yaseChu ngenkulungwane yesithathu ngaphambi kweXesha Eliqhelekileyo.Ubulumko bukaQu Yuan kunye neendlela zobukrelekrele zawachasa amanye amagosa enkundla, ngaloo ndlela amtyhola ngezityholo zobuxoki zeyelenqe kwaye wagxothwa ngukumkani.Ngexesha lokugxothwa kwakhe, uQu Yuan waqamba imibongo emininzi yokuvakalisa umsindo wakhe kunye nosizi kumlawuli kunye nabantu bakhe.

UQu Yuan warhaxwa ngokufaka ilitye elinzima esifubeni sakhe waza watsibela kuMlambo iMiluo ngowama-278 BCE eneminyaka engama-61 ubudala. Abantu baseChu bazama ukumsindisa bekholelwa ukuba uQu Yuan wayeyindoda ehloniphekileyo;bamgqogqa ngamandla kwiinqanawa zabo bekhangela uQu Yuan kodwa abazange bakwazi ukumsindisa.Rhoqo ngonyaka kubhiyozelwa uMnyhadala weSikhephe seDragon ukuze kukhunjulwe eli linge lokuhlangula iQu Yuan.

Abantu basekuhlaleni baqala isithethe sokuphosa irayisi ephekiweyo yombingelelo emlanjeni weQu Yuan, ngelixa abanye babekholelwa ukuba irayisi yayiza kuthintela iintlanzi ezisemlanjeni ukuba zingadli umzimba weQu Yuan.Ekuqaleni, abahlali bagqiba ekubeni benze i-zongzi ngethemba lokuba iya kutshona emlanjeni kwaye ifike kumzimba kaQu Yuan.Nangona kunjalo, isiko lokusonga irayisi ngamagqabi e-bamboo ukwenza i-zongzi yaqala kunyaka olandelayo.

Isikhephe sedragoni sisikhephe esiqhutywa ngumntu okanye isikhephe esibheqayo esenziwe ngokwesiko ngomthi weteak ukuya kuyilo kunye nobukhulu obahlukeneyo.Ngokuqhelekileyo zinemizobo ehonjisiweyo eqaqambileyo ehamba naphi na ukusuka kwi-40 ukuya kwi-100 ubude ubude, kunye nesiphelo sangaphambili esimile njengeedragons ezinomlomo ovulekileyo, kunye nesiphelo sangasemva kunye nomsila we-scaly.Iphenyane linokuba nababheqi abafikelela kuma-80 ukunika amandla iphenyane, kuxhomekeka kubude bayo.Umsitho ongcwele wenziwa ngaphambi kwalo naluphi na ukhuphiswano ukuze “kuvuswe isikhephe” ngokupeyinta amehlo.Iqela lokuqala elibambe iflegi ekupheleni komdlalo liyaloyisa ugqatso.