Indaba Yeminyaka Eyinkulungwane Yomkhosi Wezikebhe Zedrako
Kunezindlela eziningi ezahlukene zokulandisa ngemvelaphi yoMkhosi Wezikebhe Zedrako. Abanye bathi ukhumbula iQu Yuan, abanye bathi udumisa uWu Zixu, kanti abanye babhekisela “osukwini lwesihlanu lwenyanga yesihlanu” ngokuthi “usuku olubi.” Kodwa-ke, inkolelo eyamukelwa kabanzi phakathi kwabantu ukuthi lo mkhosi uhlobene eduze nendaba kaQu Yuan.
Ngo-278 BC, ibutho leQin lathumba iYing, inhloko-dolobha yeSifundazwe saseChu. UQu Yuan, owayeseminyakeni yakhe yama-60 ngaleso sikhathi, wagcwala ukuphelelwa yithemba. Ukuzinikela kwakhe kokuphila konke ekukhonzeni izwe lakhe kanye nesifiso sakhe esiqotho sokulisindisa kwaphela. Ebuhlungwini bakhe, wabamba itshe elikhulu waziphonsa eMfuleni iMiluo eduze kwaseChangsha, iSifundazwe saseHunan.
Abantu bendawo bayithanda kakhulu intshisekelo kaQu Yuan yokuthanda izwe. Lapho bezwa ngokufa kwakhe, bagijimela ngezikebhe baya eMfuleni iMiluo ukuyomfuna. Abantu baphinde baphonsa amabhola elayisi, amaqanda, nokunye ukudla emfuleni ngokuzenzekelayo, benethemba lokuthi izinhlanzi nezimfanzi zizodla zisuthe futhi zishiye umzimba kaQu Yuan ungalimele. Abanye bathela iwayini le-realgar emfuleni, benethemba lokudakisa amadragoni nezilwane zasemanzini. Bekhathazekile ngokuthi amabhola elayisi angase adliwe amadragoni, abantu basonga ilayisi ngamaqabunga futhi bawabopha ngemicu yesilika enemibala - umkhuba owashintsha kancane kancane waba isiko lokwenza i-zongzi.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, njalo ngonyaka ngosuku lwesihlanu lwenyanga yesihlanu, amasikoumjaho wesikebhe sikadrako, ukudla i-zongzi, futhiukuphuza iwayini le-realgarkuye kwaqashelwa ukuhlonipha inkumbulo yembongi enkulu yokuthanda izwe uQu Yuan.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Juni-18-2026