Ngaba uyonwaba kwiDragon Boat Festival?

I-Dragon Boat Festival yiholide yesiNtu yaseTshayina ewela ngomhla wesihlanu kwinyanga yesihlanu, esekupheleni kukaMeyi okanye ngoJuni kwikhalenda kaGregory. Ngo-2023, uMnyhadala we-Dragon Boat uwela ngoJuni 22 (ngoLwesine). I-China iya kuba neentsuku ze-3 zeholide zikawonkewonke ukusuka ngoLwesine (Juni 22) ukuya ngoMgqibelo (Juni 24).

Amagama eDragon Boat Festival

I-Dragon Boat Festival inamagama angaphezu kwamashumi amabini kwaye nganye inentsingiselo kunye nemvelaphi yayo. Ibizwa ngokuba yiDuanwu Jie ngesiMandarin kunye neTuen Ng ngesiCantonese, kwaye ikwabizwa ngokuba 'nguMnyhadala wokuDumpling' kunye 'noMnyhadala oMbini wesihlanu'.

1. Dragon Boat Festival

Ibizwa ngokuba yiDragon Boat Festival, okanye iLongzhou Jie ngesiTshayina, ngenxa yonxulumano olusondeleyo nezikhephe zedragoni. Abantu baseTshayina bancamathela ukubaluleka kwenkcubeko kwiidragons. Eyona misebenzi mibini iphambili ngexesha lomnyhadala kukutya i-zongzi (amadombolo erayisi) kunye nogqatso lwamaphenyane, kwaye zombini zihlobene needragons.

I-Zongzi kudala iphoswa emilanjeni njengeminikelo kunye nemibingelelo kwi-Dragon God ngenyanga yenyanga ye-5 yosuku lwesi-5, ngelixa izikhephe zedragons zisetyenziselwa ugqatso ngokwesiko olubanjwe ngolu suku. Ke, ikwabizwa ngokuba yiDragon Boat Festival.

2. Duanwu Jie

I-Dragon Boat Festival ibizwa ngokuba yiDuanwu Jie ngesiMandarin Chinese. UDuan uthetha 'ukuqala', ngelixa u-wu ethetha 'emini emaqanda', kodwa kwakhona 'inyanga yesihlanu yelanga' kwikhalenda yesiNtu yamaTshayina (malunga nomhla wesi-6 kuJuni ukuya kuJulayi 6), egxile kwinjikalanga yasehlotyeni. 'Inyanga yasemini' iphawula umbindi wehlobo. Ke, uDuanwu Jie uthetha 'ukuqala komnyhadala ophakathi ehlotyeni'.

Ukutya:

Kukho inani lezitya ezimnandi kwi-cuisine yaseTshayina, ezinye zazo zidumileyo kwihlabathi liphela. AmaTshayina anika ingqwalasela enkulu ekuphekeni, kunye namawaka eminyaka yophuhliso kunye neendlela zokupheka ezidlula kwisizukulwana ukuya kwisizukulwana ukuzalisekisa izithethe zenkcubeko ezilandelwayo kwaye zibhiyozelwa namhlanje. Njengoko inkcubeko igxile kakhulu ekutyeni, izinto zokutya ezahlukeneyo zibambe ukubaluleka okwahlukileyo kuxhomekeke kumthendeleko obhiyozelwa kunye nommandla obhiyozelwa kuwo. KuMnyhadala weSikhephe seDragon, ezi zinto zokutya nazo ziyahluka.

1. Amadombolo erayisi aseTshayina - Zongzi 

Igama: Zòngzi

Izithako: irayisi egayiweyo, ukuzaliswa (inyama, intlama yembotyi ebomvu, ijujube...)

Iintsingiselo: Ukukhumbula uQuyuan, imbongi edumileyo yaseTshayina