Yintoni iDragon Boat Festival kwaye kutheni ibhiyozelwa?

I-Dragon Boat Festival, ekwabizwa ngokuba yiDuanwu Festival, yiholide yemveli yaseTshayina ebhiyozelwe ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-2,000. Lo mbhiyozo ubhiyozelwa ngosuku lwesihlanu lwenyanga yesihlanu yekhalenda yenyanga, edla ngokuba ngoMeyi okanye ngoJuni wekhalenda kaGregory.

I-Dragon Boat Festival ithiywe ngogqatso lwamaphenyane edragoni oluye lwaba yinxalenye edumileyo yalo mbhiyozo. Izikhephe zihonjiswe ngeentloko nemisila yedragoni, yaye amaqela ababheqi akhuphisana ukuze abe ngabokuqala ukuwela umgca wokugqibela. Imvelaphi yogqatso lwamaphenyane enamba lusekelwe kwimbali yaseTshayina kunye neentsomi.

Umnyhadala kuthiwa waqala ngexesha laMazwe alwayo e-China, malunga nenkulungwane yesi-3 BC. Kukholelwa ukuba iphefumlelwe libali likaQu Yuan, imbongi edumileyo yaseTshayina kunye nomfundisi owayephila ngeli xesha. UQu Yuan wayengumfundisi othembekileyo owagxothwa ebukumkanini bakhe ngenxa yokuchasa urhulumente okhohlakeleyo. Wazintywilisela kuMlambo iMiluo ngenxa yokuphelelwa lithemba, baza abantu bobukumkani bakhe babaleka izikhephe zabo ukuze bamsindise. Nangona bengenako ukumhlangula, baqhubeka nesithethe samaphenyane omdyarho minyaka le kwinkumbulo yakhe.

I-Dragon Boat Festival ikwanxulunyaniswa namanye amasiko nezithethe. Enye yezona zinto zidume kakhulu kukusetyenziswa kwe-zongzi, kukutya kwemveli yaseTshayina eyenziwe ngerayisi egayiweyo esongwe ngamagqabi e-bamboo kwaye izaliswe yinyama, iimbotyi, okanye ezinye izithako. UZongzi kuthiwa waphoswa emlanjeni ukuze aphe iintlanzi kwaye azithintele ukuba zingawutyi umzimba kaQu Yuan.

Esinye isithethe kukuxhonywa kweengxowa ezimilise okwe-zhongzi ezizaliswe ngamayeza aqholiweyo, ekukholelwa ukuba agxotha imimoya engendawo aze azise amathamsanqa. Abantu bakwahombisa amakhaya abo ngemifanekiso yeedragons nezinye iimpawu ezintle, yaye abantwana banxiba izacholo ezimibalabala ezenziwe ngemisonto yesilika elukiweyo ukuze zibakhusele ekwenzakaleni.

I-Dragon Boat Festival yiholide ebalulekileyo kwinkcubeko yaseTshayina, kwaye ayibhiyozelwa kuphela e-China kodwa nakwamanye amazwe anabantu abaninzi baseTshayina, njengeTaiwan, Hong Kong, neSingapore. Lo mnyhadala lixesha lokuba abantu badibane ukuze bahloniphe ilifa lenkcubeko yabo kunye nokukhumbula imibingelelo yamaqhawe afana noQu Yuan owalwela ubulungisa nenkululeko.

Ukuqukumbela, uMnyhadala weSikhephe seDragon ngumbhiyozo wenkcubeko yamaTshayina kunye nembali ethe yabonwa iminyaka engaphezu kwamawaka amabini. Lo mnyhadala uthiywe ngegama lomdyarho wamaphenyane edragoni eyindawo edumileyo kulo mbhiyozo, kodwa ukwadityaniswa namanye amasiko nezithethe, njengokutyiwa kwezongzi kunye nokuxhonywa kweengxowa ezizaliswe ngamayeza aqholiweyo. Lo mnyhadala lixesha elibalulekileyo lokuba abantu badibane ukuze bahloniphe ilifa lenkcubeko yabo kwaye bakhumbule ukuzincama kwabo balwela ubulungisa nenkululeko.

Sivuyisana naye wonke umntu okwiDragon Boat Festival nguNingbo Charm-tech Corporation.