Umkhosi Wesikebhe Sedrako Ojabulisayo!

Njengoba uMeyi uphela, abantu kulo lonke elaseShayina nakwezinye izingxenye zase-Asia balungiselela ukugubha omunye wemikhosi yendabuko yasendulo nenamandla kakhulu - uMkhosi Wezikebhe Zedrako, owaziwa nangokuthi uMkhosi weDuanwu. Ngo-2025, uMkhosi Wezikebhe Zedrako uba ngoMeyi 31, uphawule isikhathi semibuthano yemindeni, inkumbulo yamasiko, nokudla okumnandi.

Imvelaphi yoMkhosi Wezikebhe Zedrako ingalandelwa emuva eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-2,000. Inganekwane eyaziwa kakhulu ngaleli holide yindaba kaQu Yuan, imbongi eshisekela izwe kanye nomfundisi wesikhathi seMpi Yezizwe. UQu Yuan, owaziwa ngokwethembeka kwakhe ezweni lakubo kanye nezinkondlo zakhe ezithinta inhliziyo, wazicwilisa eMfuleni iMiluo ngemuva kokubona ukwehla kombuso wakhe amthandayo. Bemkhumbula, abantu baphonsa amadombolo elayisi emfuleni ukuze bavimbele izinhlanzi ukuthi zingadli umzimba wakhe futhi bahamba ngezikebhe beyomfuna. Lezi zenzo zagcina seziphenduke amasiko okudla i-zongzi nokubamba imijaho yezikebhe zedrako.

Okunye kokudla okudumile okuhlotshaniswa nomkhosi yi-zongzi — amadombolo erayisi anamathelayo asongwe ngamahlamvu e-bamboo noma umhlanga, avame ukugcwaliswa nge-red bean paste, ama-date, ama-egg yolk anosawoti, noma inyama. Imindeni iyahlangana ezinsukwini zangaphambi komkhosi ukuze ilungiselele i-zongzi, yabelane ngezindaba futhi ilondoloze amasiko okupheka adluliselwe ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.

Esinye isici esivelele kulo mkhosi umjaho wezikebhe zikadrako, umdlalo othokozisayo nobukekayo. Izikebhe ezinde, ezincane ezihlotshiswe njengezidrako ziqhutshwa amaqembu abagwedli, ngokuvamile zihambisana nokushaya kwesigubhu okunesigqi. Izikebhe azijabulisi nje kuphela ukuzibuka kodwa futhi zisebenza njengophawu lokusebenza ngokubambisana, isibindi, kanye nokuziqhenya ngamasiko.

Ezikhathini zanamuhla, uMkhosi Wezikebhe Zedrako uye waqashelwa emhlabeni jikelele. I-UNESCO yaze yawubala njengeGugu Lamasiko Elingabonakali Lesintu ngo-2009, iqokomisa ukubaluleka kwawo kwamasiko. Namuhla, lo mkhosi ugujwa emazweni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele, kanti imijaho yezikebhe zedrako ibanjelwa emadolobheni afana neSingapore, iVancouver, neSydney.

Njengoba sigubha uMkhosi Wezikebhe Zedrako ngo-2025, masikhumbule izindinganiso zokwethembeka, uthando ngezwe lakithi, kanye nokubaluleka komndeni namasiko. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ujabulela i-zongzi nabathandekayo bakho noma ubukele umjaho wezikebhe zedrako, kwangathi lo mkhosi ungakulethela injabulo, impilo, kanye nokuzwana.