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Dragon Boat Festival

I-Dragon Boat Festival iholidi lendabuko lamaShayina eliba ngosuku lwesihlanu lwenyanga yesihlanu, okusekupheleni kukaMeyi noma uJuni ekhalendeni likaGregory.Ngo-2023, i-Dragon Boat Festival iba ngoJuni 22 (ngoLwesine).I-China izoba nezinsuku ezi-3 zeholide lomphakathi kusukela ngoLwesine (Juni 22) kuya ngoMgqibelo (Juni 24).

I-Dragon Boat Festival iwumkhosi lapho abaningi bedla amadombolo elayisi (zongzi), baphuze iwayini le-realgar (xionghuangjiu), kanye nezikebhe zikadrako womjaho.Eminye imisebenzi ihlanganisa izithonjana ezilengayo zika-Zhong Kui (umnakekeli wenganekwane), i-mugwort elengayo kanye ne-calamus, ukuthatha uhambo olude, ukubhala iziphonso nokugqoka izikhwama zemithi enamakha.

Yonke le misebenzi nemidlalo efana nokwenza iqanda lime emini yayibhekwa ngabantu basendulo njengendlela ephumelelayo yokuvimbela izifo, ububi, kuyilapho ikhuthaza impilo enhle nenhlalakahle.Ngezinye izikhathi abantu bafaka ama-talisman ukuze bavikele imimoya emibi noma bangase balengise isithombe sikaZhong Kui, umqaphi wemimoya emibi, emnyango wemizi yabo.

ERiphabhulikhi yaseChina, lo mkhosi ubuphinde wagujwa “njengoSuku Lwezimbongi” kuhlonishwa u-Qu Yuan, owaziwa njengembongi yokuqala yaseChina.Izakhamizi zaseShayina ngokwesiko ziphonsela amaqabunga oqalo agcwele irayisi eliphekiwe emanzini futhi kuwumkhuba ukudla i-tzungtzu namadombolo elayisi.

Abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi i-Dragon Boat Festival yaqala eShayina yasendulo ngokusekelwe ekuzibulaleni kwembongi nesikhulu sombuso wamaChu, u-Qu Yuan ngo-278 BCE.

Umkhosi ukhumbula ukuphila nokufa kwesazi esidumile saseShayina u-Qu Yuan, owayengungqongqoshe othembekile weNkosi yamaChu ekhulwini lesithathu BCE.Ukuhlakanipha kukaQu Yuan nezindlela zakhe zobuhlakani kwaphikisana nezinye izikhulu zenkantolo, ngaleyo ndlela zammangalela ngamacala angamanga okwakha uzungu futhi wadingiswa inkosi.Phakathi nokudingiswa kwakhe, uQu Yuan waqamba izinkondlo eziningi ezwakalisa intukuthelo nosizi lwakhe ngobukhosi bakhe nakubantu.

UQu Yuan waminza ngokunamathisela itshe elisindayo esifubeni sakhe futhi wagxumela eMfuleni iMiluo ngo-278 BCE eneminyaka engu-61. Abantu baseChu bazama ukumsindisa bekholelwa ukuthi uQu Yuan wayeyindoda ehloniphekile;bamfuna kanzima ezikebheni zabo befuna uQu Yuan kodwa abakwazanga ukumsindisa.Minyaka yonke i-Dragon Boat Festival igujwa ukuze kukhunjulwe lo mzamo wokuhlenga i-Qu Yuan.

Abantu bendawo baqala isiko lokuphonsa irayisi eliphekiwe lomhlatshelo emfuleni iQu Yuan, kanti abanye babekholelwa ukuthi irayisi lalizovimbela izinhlanzi emfuleni ukuba zingadli umzimba kaQu Yuan.Ekuqaleni, abantu bendawo banquma ukwenza i-zongzi ngethemba lokuthi izocwila emfuleni futhi ifinyelele emzimbeni ka-Qu Yuan.Kodwa-ke, isiko lokusonga irayisi ngamahlamvu oqalo ukuze kwenziwe i-zongzi laqala ngonyaka olandelayo.

Isikebhe sikadrako isikebhe esinamandla omuntu noma isikebhe esigwedlayo esenziwe ngokwesiko ngokhuni lwe-teak kuya kumiklamo nobukhulu obuhlukahlukene.Ngokuvamile banemiklamo ehlotshiswe ngokugqamile esukela noma kuphi ukusuka kumafidi angu-40 ukuya kwangu-100 ubude, nengaphambili elingaphambili lime njengamadragoni anomlomo ovulekile, futhi ingemuva linomsila one-scaly.Isikebhe singaba nabagwedli abangaba ngu-80 ukuze banikeze amandla isikebhe, kuye ngobude.Umkhosi ongcwele wenziwa ngaphambi kwanoma yimuphi umqhudelwano ukuze “kuvuswe isikebhe” ngokudweba amehlo.Iqembu lokuqala elibambe ifulegi ekupheleni kwesifundo liwina umjaho.