QINGMING FESTIVAL

Chikondwerero cha Qingming, chomwe chimadziwikanso kuti Tomb-Seeping Day, ndi tchuthi chachikhalidwe cha ku China chomwe chinayambira zaka zoposa 2,500. Imawonedwa pa Epulo 4 kapena 5 pachaka chilichonse, imakhala yofunika kwambiri pachikhalidwe komanso mbiri yakale ku China. Chikondwererochi chinayambira mu nthawi ya Zhou Dynasty (cha m'ma 1046-256 BCE) ndipo chasintha kukhala nthawi yoti mabanja azilemekeza makolo awo komanso kukumbukira womwalirayo.

Magwero a Chikondwerero cha Qingming amalumikizana ndi nthano yakale yaku China. Akuti m'nyengo ya Spring ndi Autumn (cha m'ma 770-476 BCE), mkulu wina wokhulupirika dzina lake Jie Zitui ankatumikira pansi pa Duke Wen wa Jin. Panthaŵi ya chipwirikiti cha ndale, Jie Zitui anadzipereka yekha mwa kuwotcha mpaka kufa kuti apeze chakudya kwa kalonga wake wovutika ndi njala, amene anakakamizika kupita ku ukapolo. Polira chifukwa cha nsembe ya Jie Zitui, kalongayo analamula kuti pasakhale moto kwa masiku atatu. Pambuyo pake, kalonga atakwera pampando wachifumu ngati Mfumu, adakhazikitsa Phwando la Qingming ngati tsiku lopereka ulemu kwa Jie Zitui ndi anthu ena okhulupirika.

Masiku ano, pomwe Qingming Festival imasungabe mawu ake olemekeza makolo komanso kukumbukira zakale, idaphatikizanso zochitika zamakono zomwe zikuwonetsa kusintha kwa moyo. Masiku ano, mabanja nthawi zambiri amayamba tsikulo poyendera manda a makolo awo kukapereka ulemu ndi kupemphera. Komabe, kupitilira miyambo yachikhalidwe, Chikondwerero cha Qingming chakhala nthawi yopumula komanso kuchita zakunja.

Chikondwerero chamakono cha Qingming Chikondwerero nthawi zambiri chimaphatikizapo ulendo wopita kumapaki kapena malo owoneka bwino, komwe mabanja amatha kusangalala ndi maluwa ophuka komanso mpweya wabwino wa masika. Mapikiniki, kukwera mapiri, ndi makati owuluka zakhala njira zodziwika bwino zamatsiku, zomwe zimapatsa mwayi wosangalala komanso wolumikizana ndi okondedwa awo. Kuonjezera apo, miyambo yophikira imakhala ndi gawo lalikulu, pamene mabanja amakonzekera zakudya zapadera ndi zokoma kuti azigawana wina ndi mzake.

Ponseponse, Chikondwerero cha Qingming chimakhala ngati nthawi yoganizira zakale komanso kuyamikira kukongola kwa chilengedwe komanso chisangalalo cha mabanja ndi dera. Ndi umboni wa chikhalidwe chokhalitsa cha China, kusakaniza miyambo yakale ndi zochitika zamakono pokondwerera moyo ndi kukumbukira.