Ibali Elidala Leminyaka Eliwaka Le-Dragon Boat Festival
Kukho iingxelo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo ngemvelaphi yeDragon Boat Festival. Abanye bathi ikhumbula iQu Yuan, abanye bathi ihlonipha uWu Zixu, kanti abanye babhekisa "kusuku lwesihlanu lwenyanga yesihlanu" njengo "suku olubi." Nangona kunjalo, inkolelo eyamkelweyo ngabantu kukuba lo mnyhadala unxulumene kakhulu nebali likaQu Yuan.
Ngowama-278 BC, umkhosi weQin wathimba iYing, ikomkhulu leLizwe laseChu. UQu Yuan, owayekwiminyaka yakhe yama-60 ngelo xesha, wayephelelwe lithemba. Ukuzinikela kwakhe ubomi bakhe bonke ekukhonzeni ilizwe lakhe kunye nomnqweno wakhe onzulu wokulisindisa kwaphela. Entlungwini yakhe, wabamba ilitye elikhulu waza waziphosa kuMlambo iMiluo kufutshane neChangsha yanamhlanje, iPhondo laseHunan.
Abantu basekuhlaleni bayithanda kakhulu indlela uQu Yuan athanda ngayo ilizwe lakhe. Bakuva ngokufa kwakhe, bakhawuleza ngeenqanawa baya kuMlambo iMiluo ukuya kumkhangela. Abantu baphosa amabhola erayisi, amaqanda, kunye nokunye ukutya emlanjeni ngokuzenzekelayo, benethemba lokuba intlanzi kunye ne-shrimp ziza kudla zanele kwaye zishiye umzimba kaQu Yuan ungonzakalanga. Abanye bathululela iwayini ye-realgar emlanjeni, benethemba lokunxilisa iidragoni kunye nezilwanyana zamanzi. Bexhalabile ukuba amabhola erayisi asenokutyiwa ziidragoni, abantu bawasonga ngamagqabi baze bawabopha ngemisonto yesilika enemibala - umkhwa owathi kancinci kancinci waguqukela kwisiko lokwenza i-zongzi.
Ukususela ngoko, minyaka le ngomhla wesihlanu wenyanga yesihlanu, amasikoumdyarho weenqanawa zedragoni, ukutya i-zongzikunyeukusela iwayini ye-realgarziye zabonwa njengesikhumbuzo sembongi enkulu yokuthanda ilizwe uQu Yuan.
Ixesha leposi: Juni-18-2026