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I-Dragon Boat Festival, ebizwa nangokuthi i-Duanwu Festival, igujwa ngosuku lwesihlanu lwenyanga yesihlanu ngokwekhalenda lamaShayina. Izinkulungwane zeminyaka, lo mkhosi ubumakwe ngokudla i-zong zi (irayisi e-glutinous egoqwe ukwenza ipiramidi kusetshenziswa uqalo noma amaqabunga omhlanga) kanye nezikebhe zikadrako ezigijimayo.

Lo mgubho waziwa kakhulu ngemijaho yezikebhe zikadrako, ikakhulukazi ezifundazweni eziseningizimu lapho kunemifula namachibi amaningi. Le regatta ikhumbula ukufa kuka-Qu Yuan, ungqongqoshe othembekile okuthiwa wazibulala ngokuminza emfuleni.

U-Qu wayengungqongqoshe Wesifunda Sase-Chu esitholakala ezifundazweni zanamuhla zase-Hunan nase-Hubei, ngesikhathi se-Warring States Period (475-221BC). Wayeqotho, ethembekile futhi ehlonishwa kakhulu ngeseluleko sakhe esihlakaniphile esaletha ukuthula nokuchuma embusweni. Nokho, lapho inkosana engathembekile nekhohlakele ihlambalaza uQu, yahlazeka futhi yaxoshwa esikhundleni. Ebona ukuthi izwe manje lase lisezandleni zezikhulu ezimbi nezikhohlakele, uQu wathatha itshe elikhulu wagxumela eMfuleni iMiluo ngosuku lwesihlanu enyangeni yesihlanu. Abadobi abaseduze baphuthume bezama ukumhlenga kodwa bahluleka ngisho nokuwuthola isidumbu sakhe. Ngemuva kwalokho, umbuso wenqaba futhi ekugcineni wanqotshwa uMbuso waseQin.

Abantu bakwaChu ababekhala ngokufa kukaQu baphonsa irayisi emfuleni ukuze baphakele isipoki sakhe minyaka yonke ngosuku lwesihlanu lwenyanga yesihlanu. Kodwa ngomunye unyaka, kwavela umoya we-Qu futhi watshela ababekhala ukuthi isilwane esikhulu esihuquzelayo emfuleni sintshontshe irayisi. Umoya wabe usubeluleka ukuba basonge ilayisi ngosilika futhi balibophe ngemicu emihlanu enemibala ehlukene ngaphambi kokuliphonsa emfuleni.

Ngesikhathi soMkhosi we-Duanwu, i-rice pudding edlayo ebizwa ngokuthi i-zong zi iyadliwa ukuze ifanekisele iminikelo yerayisi ku-Qu. Izithako ezinjengobhontshisi, imbewu ye-lotus, ama-chestnut, amafutha engulube kanye nesikhuphasha segolide seqanda ledada elinosawoti kuvame ukungezwa erayisini elidlayo. Khona-ke i-pudding isongwe ngamaqabunga e-bamboo, iboshwe ngohlobo lwe-raffia bese ibiliswa emanzini anosawoti amahora.

Imijaho yezikebhe zikadrako ifanekisela imizamo eminingi yokuhlenga nokubuyisela isidumbu sika-Qu. Isikebhe sikadrako esijwayelekile sisuka kumafidi angu-50-100 ubude, esinomugqa ongamafidi angaba ngu-5.5, esihlalisa abagwedli ababili abahlezi bebhekene.

Ikhanda likadrako wokhuni linamathiselwe kumnsalo, nomsila kadrako ngemuva. Ibhanela eliphakanyiswe esigxotsheni nalo liboshelwe ngasemuva futhi umkhumbi uhlotshiswe ngamazenga abomvu, aluhlaza naluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka emaphethelweni egolide. Enkabeni yesikebhe kunendlu engcwele evulwe ngemuva okuhlezi abashaya izigubhu, abashaya i-gong kanye namasimbali ukuze bahlele ijubane labagwedli. Kukhona namadoda abekwe phansi ukuze acime iziqhumane, aphonse irayisi emanzini futhi enze sengathi afuna i-Qu. Wonke umsindo nomcimbi kudala umoya wokujabula kanye nesasasa kubahlanganyeli nababukeli ngokufanayo. Imijaho iqhutshwa phakathi kwezizwe, izigodi nezinhlangano ezahlukene, kanti abawinile baklonyeliswa ngezindondo, amabhanela, izimbiza zewayini kanye nezidlo zemikhosi.