ʻO Dragon Boat Festival, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Duanyang Festival a me Dragon Boat Festival, ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻahaʻaina kuʻuna o koʻu ʻāina. Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ia ma ka lā ʻelima o ka malama ʻelima o ka kalena lunar, no laila ua kapa ʻia ʻo "Mei Festival". Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Dragon Boat Festival ma Kina kahiko a pili i ka haku mele Qu Yuan. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, he haku mele aloha ʻāina ʻo Qu Yuan a he mokuʻāina hoʻi i ka wā kaua o Kina. Ma muli o kona kūʻē ʻole ʻana i ke kūlana kālaiʻāina i kēlā manawa, ua hoʻokuke ʻia ʻo ia i ke pio ʻana, a hope loa ua pepehi iā ia iho ma ke kiola ʻana iā ia iho i loko o ka muliwai. No ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kona make ʻana, ua hoe ka poʻe i loko o ka muliwai, me ka manaʻo e mālama i kona kino. I mea e pale ai i ka nahu ʻana o ka iʻa a me ka ʻōpae i ke kino o Qu Yuan, ua kiola pū lākou i ka zongzi e hoʻopunipuni i ka iʻa a me ka ʻōpae. Ma kēia ʻano, i kēlā me kēia lā 5 o Mei, hoʻomaka ka poʻe e hoe i nā waʻa deragona a ʻai i nā dumpling laiki. He nui nā loina kuʻuna i ka Dragon Boat Festival, ʻo ka mea kaulana loa ʻo ia ka heihei waʻa deragona.
ʻO ka waʻa deragona he waʻa lōʻihi a haiki, hana mau ʻia me ka ʻohe, i hoʻonani ʻia me nā poʻo a me nā huelo deragona kala. I ka wā o ka hoʻokūkū, e hoe ka hui waʻa deragona me ko lākou ikaika a pau, e hoʻoikaika i ka wikiwiki a me ka hoʻohui ʻana, a e hoʻoikaika e hoʻokō i nā hopena maikaʻi loa i ka hoʻokūkū. Eia kekahi, kau nā kānaka i ka lāʻau ʻawaʻawa a me ka kalamus e kipaku aku i nā ʻuhane ʻino a me nā maʻi. ʻO ka lā ma mua o ka Dragon Boat Festival, aia kekahi meaʻai maʻamau i kapa ʻia ʻo "Zongzi". Hoʻopiha ʻia ʻo Zongzi me ka laiki paʻa, ka pī, ka ʻiʻo, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, i ʻōwili ʻia i nā lau ʻohe, i nakinaki ʻia me ke kaula a me ka mahu. He ʻano daimana a oblong paha lākou, a ʻokoʻa nā ʻano ʻono o nā ʻāpana like ʻole. He ʻahaʻaina ka Dragon Boat Festival e hōʻike ana i ka pōmaikaʻi a me ka hui hou ʻana, a he ʻāpana nui nō hoʻi ia o ka moʻomeheu Kina. I kēia lā, hui pū ka poʻe me nā ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha, e ʻono i ka meaʻai ʻono, e nānā i nā heihei waʻa deragona, a e ʻike i ka lewa moʻomeheu Kina. Ua helu ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina ʻo ia kekahi o nā hana hoʻoilina moʻomeheu intangible a UNESCO ma 2017, e hōʻike ana i ka nani a me ka mana o ka moʻomeheu Kina.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iune-20-2023
