He aha ka ʻĀina Kuʻuna Kina --Dragon Boat Festival

E nā mea kūʻai mai, ke lele nei ka manawa, e hele mālie mai ana ʻo Iune, e hiki mai ana ka Dragon Boat Festival, ʻo ka Dragon Boat Festival kekahi o nā ʻahaʻaina kuʻuna ʻehā ma Kina, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka moʻomeheu hohonu o ko kākou ʻāina. I Kepakemapa 2009, ua ʻae ʻo UNESCO i kona hoʻokomo ʻana i loko o ka Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. ʻO ka Dragon Boat Festival kahi ʻahaʻaina i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā kūpuna kahiko e hoʻomana i ke kupuna deragona, pule no ka pōmaikaʻi a pale aku i nā ʻuhane ʻino. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ua pepehi ʻo Qu Yuan, kahi haku mele o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Chu i ka wā o ke kaua ʻana (475-221 BC), ma ka lele ʻana i loko o ka muliwai Miluo i ka lā 5 o Mei.

He mea koʻikoʻi ka Dragon Boat Festival iā mākou. E hoʻomaha mākou i kēia ʻahaʻaina. E hauʻoli mākou iā Zongzi a nānā i ka waʻa deragona e hoe ana me ko mākou ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha.

ʻO ka hele ʻana i ka waʻa deragona a me ka ʻai ʻana iā Zongzi nā maʻamau ʻelua o ka Dragon Boat Festival. Ua hoʻoili ʻia kēia mau loina ʻelua ma Kina mai ka wā kahiko a hiki i kēia lā. Inā hoihoi ʻoe i kā mākou moʻomeheu Pākē, paipai wau iā ʻoe e hoʻāʻo i ka meaʻai ʻono o zongzi a me ka haʻuki o ka waʻa deragona hoe. Manaʻo wau e aloha pū ʻoe iā lākou. Hana ʻia ʻo Zongzi me ka laiki paʻa i kāwili ʻia i nā lau Zongzi. He palupalu a pulu akā ʻaʻole momona, me kahi ʻala ʻala a me nā meaʻai momona. He meaʻai olakino me ka waihoʻoluʻu a me ka ʻono.

Ma ke ʻano he hui me ka moʻomeheu waiwai a me ke alakaʻi i ka ʻoihana, mālama mau mākou i ke ʻano o ka hoʻoilina a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka moʻomeheu kuʻuna. No laila, e like me ka hana maʻamau o ka Dragon Boat Festival, e hoʻomaha kā mākou hui ma Iune 12, solstice ma Iune 14, e hui pū me nā hoaaloha a me ka ʻohana a kaʻana like i ka Dragon Boat Festival. Manaʻo wau e ʻike kā mākou mea kūʻai hanohano. Ma ka manawa like, hoʻokipa mākou i nā mea kūʻai aku hanohano e ʻono i kā mākou meaʻai kuʻuna Zongzi.