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Tsiku la 5 la mwezi wachisanu wa mwezi

Chikondwerero cha Dragon Boat, chomwe chimatchedwanso Chikondwerero cha Duanwu, chimakondwerera tsiku lachisanu la mwezi wachisanu malinga ndi kalendala yaku China. Kwa zaka masauzande ambiri, chikondwererochi chakhala chikudziwika ndi kudya zong zi (mpunga wonyezimira wokutidwa kuti apange piramidi pogwiritsa ntchito nsungwi kapena masamba a bango) komanso mabwato othamanga.

Chikondwererochi chimadziwika kwambiri chifukwa cha mpikisano wa ma dragon-boat, makamaka m'madera akumwera komwe kuli mitsinje ndi nyanja zambiri. Regatta iyi imakumbukira imfa ya Qu Yuan, mtumiki woona mtima yemwe akuti adadzipha podzimira mumtsinje.

Qu anali mtumiki wa State of Chu yomwe ili m'zigawo zamakono za Hunan ndi Hubei, panthawi ya Warring States Period (475-221BC). Anali wolungama, wokhulupirika ndiponso wolemekezeka kwambiri chifukwa cha uphungu wake wanzeru umene unabweretsa mtendere ndi chitukuko m’boma. Komabe, pamene kalonga wosaona mtima ndi wakatangale ananyoza Qu, iye anachititsidwa manyazi ndi kuchotsedwa paudindo wake. Pozindikira kuti dzikolo tsopano linali m’manja mwa akuluakulu oipa ndi achinyengo, Qu anatenga mwala waukulu n’kudumphira mumtsinje wa Miluo pa tsiku lachisanu la mwezi wachisanu. Asodzi apafupi anathamangira kuti amupulumutse koma analephera ngakhale kuchiritsa thupi lake. Pambuyo pake, boma linakana ndipo pamapeto pake linagonjetsedwa ndi Boma la Qin.

Anthu aku Chu omwe adalira maliro a Qu adaponya mpunga mumtsinje kuti adyetse mzimu wake chaka chilichonse pa tsiku lachisanu la mwezi wachisanu. Koma chaka china, mzimu wa Qu unaonekera n’kuuza anthu olira malirowo kuti chokwawa chachikulu mumtsinjemo chinaba mpunga. Kenako mzimuwo unawalangiza kuti akulunga mpungawo mu silika ndi kuumanga ndi ulusi wamitundu isanu yamitundu yosiyanasiyana asanauponye mumtsinje.

Pa Phwando la Duanwu, pudding wa mpunga wonyezimira wotchedwa zong zi amadyedwa kuti awonetsere zopereka za mpunga kwa Qu. Zosakaniza monga nyemba, nthanga za lotus, chestnuts, mafuta a nkhumba ndi yolk yagolide ya dzira la bakha la mchere nthawi zambiri amawonjezeredwa ku mpunga wosusuka. Kenaka pudding imakulungidwa ndi masamba a nsungwi, omangidwa ndi mtundu wa raffia ndikuphika m'madzi amchere kwa maola ambiri.

Mipikisano yamabwato a chinjoka imayimira zoyesayesa zambiri zopulumutsa ndikubwezeretsa thupi la Qu. Bwato lachinjoka lodziwika bwino limachokera ku 50-100 mapazi m'litali, ndi mtengo wapafupifupi mapazi 5.5, kukhala ndi anthu awiri opalasa atakhala mbali ndi mbali.

Mutu wa chinjoka wamatabwa umamangiriridwa ku uta, ndi mchira wa chinjoka kumbuyo kwake. Mbendera yokwezedwa pamtengo imamangiriridwanso kumbuyo ndipo chikopacho chimakongoletsedwa ndi mamba ofiira, obiriwira ndi abuluu osongoka ndi golidi. Pakatikati pa bwatoli pali kachisi wotchingidwa kumbuyo komwe oimba ng’oma, oimba ng’oma ndi ng’oma amakhala pansi kuti aziyendetsa liwiro la opalasa. Palinso amuna omwe ali pa uta kuti azimitsa zozimitsa moto, kuponyera mpunga m'madzi ndikunamizira kuti akufunafuna Qu. Phokoso lonse ndi ziwonetsero zimapanga chikhalidwe cha chisangalalo ndi chisangalalo kwa otenga nawo mbali ndi owonerera mofanana. Mipikisano imachitika pakati pa mafuko, midzi ndi mabungwe osiyanasiyana, ndipo opambana amapatsidwa mendulo, zikwangwani, mitsuko ya vinyo ndi zakudya zachikondwerero.