UMnyhadala odumileyo weDragon Boat Festival uba ngomhla wesihlanu wenyanga yesihlanu. Ukhumbula ukufa kukaQu Yuan, imbongi yaseTshayina kunye nomfundisi owaziwayo ngokuthanda ilizwe lakhe kunye negalelo lakhe kwimibongo yakudala, owathi ekugqibeleni waba liqhawe lesizwe.
UQu Yuan wayephila ngexesha lobukhosi bokuqala baseTshayina kwaye waxhasa isigqibo sokulwa norhulumente onamandla. Nangona izenzo zakhe zakhokelela ekubeni agxothwe, wabhala ukuze abonise uthando lwakhe ngelizwe. Intsomi ithi uQu Yuan wazisola kakhulu emva kokubanjwa kwekomkhulu lelizwe lakhe kangangokuba, emva kokugqiba imbongo yakhe yokugqibela, wangena kuMlambo iMi Lo kwiphondo laseHunan lanamhlanje njengendlela yokuchasa nokuphelelwa lithemba ngenxa yorhwaphilizo olwalumngqongile.
Bakuva iindaba zale ntlekele, abemi belali bathabatha iinqanawa baza bathwala iidumplings baya nazo embindini womlambo ukuze bazame ukusindisa uQu Yuan, kodwa imizamo yabo ayizange iphumelele. Bajika babetha iigubu, batshiza amanzi ngeepaddles zabo baze baphosa iidumplings zerayisi emanzini – nto leyo eyayingumnikelo kumoya kaQu Yuan, kunye nendlela yokugcina iintlanzi kunye nemimoya emibi kude nomzimba wakhe. Ezi dumplings zerayisi zaba yi-zongzi esizaziyo namhlanje, ngelixa ukukhangela umzimba kaQu Yuan kwaba yimidyarho enzima yeenqanawa zedragoni.
Iqela leSiweiyi liza kuvalwa nge-3-5 kaJuni. Kodwa inkonzo yethu ayimiswanga. Zive ukhululekile ukuqhagamshelana nathi ukuba ufuna naluphi na uncedo.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Juni-02-2022
