Xa umoya ofudumeleyo kaMeyi uvuthuza kwiidolophu zasemanzini ezikumazantsi oMlambo iYangtze, naxa amagqabi erayisi ahlaza agutyungelwa phambi kwendlu nganye, siyazi ukuba nguMnyhadala weSikhephe esibizwa ngokuba yiDragon Boat Festival kwakhona. Lo mnyhadala wakudala kunye nodlamkileyo awuthwali nje kuphela inkumbulo yeQu Yuan, kodwa ukwanentsingiselo enzulu yenkcubeko kunye neemvakalelo zesizwe.
Iimvakalelo zentsapho kunye nelizwe kwi-rice dumplings. I-Zongzi, njengophawu loMnyhadala we-Dragon Boat, ivumba lawo sele liyigqithile intsingiselo yokutya ngokwako. Yonke inkozo yerayisi ene-glutinous kunye neqhekeza ngalinye legqabi lokulahla irayisi isongelwe kwinkumbulo ye-Qu Yuan kunye nothando olunzulu lwelizwe. Imibongo kaQu Yuan efana nethi "Li Sao" kunye "nemibuzo yaseZulwini" isasikhuthaza ukuba siphishekele inyaniso nobulungisa. Kwinkqubo yokwenza i-zongzi, kubonakala ngathi sithetha nabantu bakudala kwaye siva ukuzingisa kunye nokunyaniseka. Iingqimba zamagqabi erayisi amagqabi afana namaphepha embali, abhala ulonwabo kunye nosizi lwesizwe saseTshayina, ethwele ulangazelelo lobomi obungcono kunye nenkxalabo ngekamva lelizwe.
Umzabalazo phakathi kobunzima kugqatso lwesikhephe sedragoni. Umdyarho wesikhephe esinedragoni ngomnye umsebenzi obalulekileyo weDragon Boat Festival. Amagubu abetha, amanzi atshiza, kwaye iimbaleki kwiphenyane lenamba bawangawangisa amaphini abo okubheqa okubhabhayo, bebonisa umoya womanyano, intsebenziswano nenkalipho. Olu ayilokhuphiswano lwezemidlalo kuphela, kodwa nobhaptizo lokomoya. Isixelela ukuba kungakhathaliseki ukuba kunzima kangakanani na, ukuba nje simanyene, akukho bunzima bungenakoyiswa. Izikhephe zenamba zifana namajoni anqumla kumaza, eqhubela phambili ngenkalipho nangokungoyiki, ebonisa umoya wokungayekeleli kunye nokuziphucula kwesizwe saseTshayina.
Ndingathanda ukukuthumelela isipha seentsikelelo eziswiti. Inkxaso yakho kunye nokuthembela kwakho kungamandla ethu okuqhuba. Ukubonelela ngeenkonzo ezingcono nezinolwazelelelo kukufuna kwethu rhoqo. Enkosi ngokuba lapho kwaye ndikunqwenelela wena kunye nosapho lwakho umnyhadala owonwabileyo nosempilweni weDragon Boat Festival!
Ixesha lokuposa: Jun-03-2024