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Chikondwerero cha Dragon Boat

Chikondwerero cha Dragon Boat ndi tchuthi chachikhalidwe cha ku China chomwe chimachitika pa tsiku lachisanu la mwezi wachisanu, womwe uli kumapeto kwa Meyi kapena Juni pa kalendala ya Gregorian.Mu 2023, Chikondwerero cha Dragon Boat chidzachitika pa Juni 22 (Lachinayi).China idzakhala ndi masiku atatu atchuthi kuyambira Lachinayi (June 22) mpaka Loweruka (June 24).

Chikondwerero cha Dragon Boat ndi chikondwerero chomwe ambiri amadya phala la mpunga (zongzi), kumwa vinyo wa realgar (xionghuangjiu), ndi mabwato a chinjoka.Zochita zina ndi monga zithunzi zopachikika za Zhong Kui (woyang'anira nthano), kupachika mugwort ndi calamus, kuyenda maulendo ataliatali, kulemba zamatsenga ndi kuvala matumba a mankhwala onunkhira.

Ntchito zonsezi ndi masewera monga kupanga dzira masana amaonedwa ndi akale ngati njira yabwino yopewera matenda, zoipa, pamene akulimbikitsa thanzi labwino ndi thanzi.Nthawi zina anthu amavala zithumwa kuti adziteteze ku mizimu yoipa kapena amapachika chithunzi cha Zhong Kui, yemwe amateteza mizimu yoipa, pakhomo la nyumba zawo.

Ku Republic of China, chikondwererochi chinkachitikanso kuti “Tsiku la Alakatuli” polemekeza Qu Yuan, yemwe amadziwika kuti ndi wolemba ndakatulo woyamba ku China.Nzika zaku China mwamwambo zimaponya masamba ansungwi odzaza ndi mpunga m'madzi ndipo amadyanso tzungtzu ndi madontho a mpunga.

Ambiri amakhulupirira kuti Chikondwerero cha Dragon Boat chinayambira ku China wakale kutengera kudzipha kwa wolemba ndakatulo komanso mtsogoleri wa ufumu wa Chu, Qu Yuan mu 278 BCE.

Chikondwererochi chimakumbukira moyo ndi imfa ya katswiri wotchuka wa ku China Qu Yuan, yemwe anali mtumiki wokhulupirika wa Mfumu ya Chu m'zaka za zana lachitatu BCE.Nzeru za Qu Yuan ndi nzeru zake zinatsutsana ndi akuluakulu ena a khoti, motero amamuimba mlandu wabodza wochitira chiwembu ndipo adathamangitsidwa ndi mfumu.Pa nthawi yomwe anali ku ukapolo, Qu Yuan analemba ndakatulo zambiri zosonyeza mkwiyo ndi chisoni chake kwa mfumu ndi anthu ake.

Qu Yuan adadzimira yekha mwa kumangirira mwala wolemera pachifuwa chake ndikudumphira mumtsinje wa Miluo mu 278 BCE ali ndi zaka 61. Anthu a Chu adayesa kumupulumutsa pokhulupirira kuti Qu Yuan anali munthu wolemekezeka;anafufuza mozama m’mabwato awo kufunafuna Qu Yuan koma sanathe kumupulumutsa.Chaka chilichonse Chikondwerero cha Dragon Boat chimakondwerera kukumbukira kuyesa kupulumutsa Qu Yuan.

Anthu akumeneko adayamba mwambo woponya mpunga wophika nsembe mumtsinje wa Qu Yuan, pomwe ena amakhulupirira kuti mpunga ungalepheretse nsomba za mumtsinje kudya thupi la Qu Yuan.Poyamba, anthu ammudzi adaganiza zopanga zongzi ndikuyembekeza kuti idzamira mumtsinje ndikufika ku thupi la Qu Yuan.Komabe, mwambo wokulunga mpunga mumasamba ansungwi kuti apange zongzi unayamba chaka chotsatira.

Boti la chinjoka ndi bwato loyendetsedwa ndi munthu kapena bwato lopalasa lomwe mwamwambo limapangidwa ndi matabwa a teak ku mapangidwe ndi makulidwe osiyanasiyana.Nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi mapangidwe okongoletsedwa bwino omwe amayenda paliponse kuchokera pa 40 mpaka 100 mapazi m'litali, ndi mapeto ake opangidwa ngati ma dragons otseguka, ndipo kumbuyo kumathera ndi mchira wa scaly.Botilo likhoza kukhala ndi opalasa 80 kuti ayendetse botilo, malinga ndi kutalika kwake.Mwambo wopatulika umachitika pamaso pa mpikisano uliwonse kuti “abweze bwato” mwa kujambula maso.Gulu loyamba kutenga mbendera kumapeto kwa maphunzirowa ndilopambana mpikisanowo.