UMnyhadala weQingming: Umbhiyozo wokuKhumbula nokuhlaziya
Umnyhadala weQingming, okwaziwa ngokuba yiMini yokuSusa ingcwaba, yiholide yesintu yaseTshayina eqala kwiminyaka engaphezu kwama-2,500 eyadlulayo. Olu suku lubhiyozelwa ngomhla wesi-4 okanye wesi-5 ku-Epreli minyaka le, lunikezelwe ekuhloneleni ookhokho kunye nokucamngca ngendlela ubomi obutshintsha ngayo kunye nokuhlaziywa.
Imvelaphi yeQingming inokulandelwa kwizithethe zamandulo zaseTshayina ezazigxininisa ukuzinikela kubazali kunye nentlonipho kwabo bafika ngaphambili. Ngokwesiko, iintsapho ziyatyelela amangcwaba abantu abathandekayo bazo ukuze zicoce amatye engcwaba, zisuse ukhula, kwaye zinike ukutya, iziqhumiso, kunye nemali yephepha. Ezi zenzo zokunyamekela nentlonipho azigcini nje ngokugcina iindawo zokuphumla zookhokho kodwa zikwaqinisa ubudlelwane phakathi kwezizukulwana.
Eyona nto iphambili kulo mnyhadala kukukholelwa ukuba ukugcina unxibelelwano nookhokho bakho kubalulekile kwimpilo-ntle yomntu neyentsapho. Kwinkcubeko yamaTshayina, kucingelwa ukuba imimoya yabafileyo iyaqhubeka nokuba nefuthe kwabaphilayo, kwaye ngokubahlonipha, iintsapho ziqinisekisa ukuba iintsikelelo zookhokho babo zihlala kubo. Esi siko sokukhumbula sinika intuthuzelo nokuqhubeka, sidibanisa ixesha langoku nexesha elidlulileyo ngendlela ebonakalayo.
Ukongeza ekucoceni amangcwaba, iQingming ikwalixesha lokonwabela ukufika kwentwasahlobo. Lo mnyhadala uhambelana nexesha lokuhlaziya nokuvuselela, xa indalo iqhakazile kwaye imozulu iba ntle kamnandi. Abantu abaninzi basebenzisa eli thuba lokuya ngaphandle, baphephe ii-kite, okanye bonwabele ubuhle bemithi esandul’ ukuhluma kunye neentyatyambo eziqhakazayo. Oku kudibanisa inkumbulo enzulu nokubhiyozela indalo kugxininisa ukugxila komthendeleko kwizinto zokomoya nezendalo.
Kwiinkulungwane ezidlulileyo, iQingming Festival iye yatshintsha yaza yaquka amasiko ahlukeneyo engingqi. Kwezinye iindawo zaseTshayina, abantu balungiselela ukutya okukhethekileyo okanye babambe imisitho yoluntu eqinisa ngakumbi ubudlelwane bentlalo kunye nobuntu benkcubeko. Lo mnyhadala awusebenzi nje kuphela njengexesha lokucamngca komntu ngamnye kodwa ukwasebenza njengesihlandlo soluntu apho amasiko kunye neenkumbulo ezidluliselwayo zisuka kwesinye isizukulwana ukuya kwesinye.
Imibhiyozo yanamhlanje nayo iye yamkela iindlela ezintsha zokubonakalisa. Ngokuhambela phambili kwezobuchwepheshe, iintsapho ezininzi ngoku zithatha inxaxheba kwizikhumbuzo zedijithali nakwimibhiyozo ye-intanethi, nto leyo evumela abo bahlala kude nemizi yookhokho ukuba bajoyine umsitho. Nangona ezi nguqulelo zanamhlanje, eyona nto iphambili yeQingming—ukuhlonipha ookhokho nokwamkela imijikelo yobomi—ayikatshintshi.
Ekugqibeleni, uMnyhadala weQingming awungomhla nje wokucoca amangcwaba; sisiko lenkcubeko elinzulu eliquka amaxabiso aseTshayina entlonipho, ukukhumbula, nokuhlaziya. Ukhuthaza abantu ukuba bame kancinci kubomi banamhlanje, bahloniphe ilifa labo, kwaye bafumane intuthuzelo kunxibelelwano oluhlala luhleli phakathi kwexesha elidlulileyo, langoku, nelizayo. Nokuba kungemibhiyozo yesintu okanye izinto ezintsha zanamhlanje, umoya weQingming uyaqhubeka nokukhula, unika isikhumbuzo esingapheliyo sokubaluleka kosapho, imbali, kunye nendalo.