QINGMING FESTIVAL
Qingming Festival, inozivikanwawo seTomb-sweeping Day, izororo rechinyakare reChinese rine midzi inodarika makore zviuru zviviri nemazana mashanu. Inocherechedzwa muna Kubvumbi 4 kana 5 yegore rega rega, ine yakakosha tsika uye nhoroondo kukosha munharaunda yeChinese. Mutambo uyu wakatanga panguva yeZhou Dynasty (kumakore akapoteredza 1046-256 BCE) uye yakabva yashanduka ikava nguva yemhuri yekukudza madzitateguru avo uye kuyeuka mushakabvu.
Mabviro eMutambo weQingming akabatanidzwa nengano kubva munhoroondo yekare yeChinese. Zvinonzi panguva yeChirimo neMatsutso (yakapoteredza 770-476 BCE), mukuru akatendeka ainzi Jie Zitui akashanda pasi paDuke Wen weJin. Mukati menguva yenyongano yezvamatongerwe enyika, Jie Zitui akazvibaira amene kupfurikidza nokupisa kusvikira afa kuti agovere zvokudya nokuda kwomuchinda wake aziya nenzara, uyo akamanikidzirwa kuenda kuutapwa. Mukuchema chibayiro chaJie Zitui, muchinda akarayira kuti parege kuva nemoto waifanira kubatidzwa kwemazuva matatu. Gare gare, apo muchinda akakwira pachigaro saMambo, akatanga Qingming Mutambo sezuva rekupa rukudzo kuna Jie Zitui nevamwe vakavimbika.
Munguva dzazvino, nepo Qingming Mutambo uchichengetedza zvirevo zvawo zvekukudza madzitateguru uye kurangarira zvakapfuura, wakagamuchirawo zviitiko zvemazuva ano zvinoratidza kuchinja kwemararamiro. Nhasi, mhuri dzinowanzotanga zuva nekushanyira makuva emadzitateguru avo kunopa ruremekedzo nekuita minamato. Nekudaro, kunze kwetsika dzechinyakare, Qingming Mutambo yave nguva yekuzorora uye yekunze zviitiko.
Kuchengetwa kwemazuva ano kweQingming Mutambo kunowanzo sanganisira kubuda kuenda kumapaki kana nzvimbo dzinoyevedza, uko mhuri dzinogona kunakidzwa nemaruva ari kutumbuka uye mweya mutsva wechirimo. Mapikiniki, kukwira makomo, uye makiti ekubhururuka dzave nzira dzakakurumbira dzekupedza zuva, zvichipa mikana yekuzorora uye kushamwaridzana nevadikani. Pamusoro pezvo, tsika dzekubika dzinoita basa rakakosha, nemhuri dzichigadzira chikafu chakakosha uye chikafu chinonaka chekugovana.
Pakazere, Mutambo weQingming unoshanda senguva yekufunga zvese zvakapfuura uye yekutenda kunaka kwechisikigo uye mufaro wemhuri nenharaunda. Icho chiratidzo chekugara nhaka yetsika yeChina, kubatanidza tsika dzekare nemaitiro emazuva ano mukupemberera hupenyu nekurangarira.
