QINGMING FESTIVAL
Umnyhadala we-Qingming, okwaziwa ngokuba yi-Tomb-sweeping Day, yiholide yaseTshayina eneengcambu ezisusela kwiminyaka engama-2,500 XNUMX. Ijongwa nge-4 ka-Epreli okanye i-5 ngonyaka ngamnye, ibambe ukubaluleka kwenkcubeko kunye nembali kuluntu lwaseTshayina. Umthendeleko waqala ngexesha leZhou Dynasty (malunga ne-1046-256 BCE) kwaye sele iguquke yaba lixesha lokuba iintsapho zihloniphe izinyanya zazo kwaye zikhumbule ongasekhoyo.
Imvelaphi yoMnyhadala weQingming idityaniswe nentsomi evela kwimbali yakudala yaseTshayina. Kuthiwa ngexesha leNtwasahlobo neNkwindla (malunga ne-770-476 BCE), igosa elithembekileyo eligama linguJie Zitui lalikhonza phantsi koDuke Wen waseJin. Ngexesha lesiphithiphithi sezobupolitika, uJie Zitui wazincama ngokutshisa de wafa ukuze ondle inkosana yakhe eyayilambile, eyanyanzeleka ukuba iye elubhacweni. Ekuzileleni idini likaJie Zitui, inkosana yakhupha umyalelo wokuba kungabikho mlilo ufanele ubaswe kangangeentsuku ezintathu. Kamva, xa inkosana yenyuka etroneni njengoKumkani, yamisa uMthendeleko weQingming njengosuku lokunika imbeko kuJie Zitui kunye nezinye izifundo ezithembekileyo.
Kumaxesha angoku, ngelixa uMnyhadala we-Qingming ugcina imbeko yokuhlonipha izinyanya kunye nokukhumbula ixesha elidlulileyo, ukwamkele imisebenzi yanamhlanje ebonisa ukutshintsha kwendlela yokuphila. Namhlanje, iintsapho zihlala ziqala usuku ngokundwendwela amangcwaba ookhokho bazo ukunika imbeko kwaye zenze nemithandazo. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphaya kwezithethe zemveli, uMnyhadala weQingming uye waba lixesha lokuphumla kunye nemisebenzi yangaphandle.
Umbhiyozo wale mihla woMnyhadala weQingming uhlala ubandakanya ukuphuma ukuya ezipakini okanye kwiindawo ezibukekayo, apho iintsapho zinokonwabela iintyatyambo ezidubulayo kunye nomoya omtsha wasentwasahlobo. Iipiknikhi, ukukhwela intaba, kunye neekite ezibhabhayo ziye zaba ziindlela ezithandwayo zokuchitha imini, ezibonelela ngamathuba okuphumla kunye nokunxibelelana nabantu obathandayo. Ukongeza, izithethe zokupheka zidlala indima ebalulekileyo, kunye neentsapho ezilungiselela ukutya okukhethekileyo kunye nezibiliboco eziza kwabelana ngazo.
Lilonke, uMnyhadala weQingming usebenza njengexesha lokucingisisa ngexesha elidlulileyo kunye nokuxabisa ubuhle bendalo kunye nolonwabo losapho kunye noluntu. Ibubungqina belifa lenkcubeko yaseTshayina ehlala ihleli, ukudibanisa amasiko amandulo kunye nezenzo zangoku ekubhiyozeleni ubomi kunye nokukhumbula.
