Hāʻule ka Dragon Boat Festival kaulana i ka lā ʻelima o ka mahina ʻelima. Hoʻomanaʻo ia i ka make ʻana o Qu Yuan, he haku mele a he kuhina Kina i ʻike ʻia no kona aloha ʻāina a me kāna hāʻawi ʻana i nā mele mele kahiko a ua lilo ia i meʻe aupuni.
Noho ʻo Qu Yuan i ka wā o nā aliʻi feudal mua o Kina a kākoʻo i ka hoʻoholo e hakakā i ke aupuni ikaika. ʻOiai ʻo kāna mau hana i alakaʻi ai i kona pio ʻana, ua kākau ʻo ia i mea e hōʻike ai i kona aloha ʻāina. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ua mihi ʻo Qu Yuan ma hope o ka hopu ʻia ʻana o ke kapikala o kona ʻāina, a ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāna mele hope loa, ua holo ʻo ia i loko o ka muliwai ʻo Mi Lo ma ka panalāʻau ʻo Hunan i kēia lā ma ke ʻano he ʻano kūʻē a me ka manaʻolana i ka palaho e hoʻopuni ana iā ia.
I ka lohe ʻana i ka lono o kēia hoʻāʻo ʻino, ua lawe nā kamaʻāina i nā waʻa a lawe i nā dumplings i waenakonu o ka muliwai e hoʻāʻo e hoʻopakele iā Qu Yuan, akā ua makehewa kā lākou hana. Huli lākou i ka paʻi pahu, kāpīpī i ka wai me kā lākou hoe a me ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā dumplings laiki i loko o ka wai - he makana ʻelua i ka ʻuhane o Qu Yuan, a me kahi mea e pale aku ai i nā iʻa a me nā ʻuhane ʻino mai kona kino. Ua lilo kēia mau dumpling laiki i zongzi a mākou i ʻike ai i kēia lā, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kino o Qu Yuan i lilo i mau heihei waʻa deragona ikaika.
E pani ʻia ka hui ʻo Siweiyi ma Iune 3-5. Akā ʻaʻole i pau kā mākou lawelawe. E ʻoluʻolu e kelepona mai iā mākou inā makemake ʻoe i ke kōkua.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Jun-02-2022
