Imvelaphi yeYuanxiao

Umnyhadala weLantern, owaziwa ngokuba yiYuan Xiao Jie, ngumsitho wesiNtu waseTshayina ophawula ukuphela kwemibhiyozo yoNyaka oMtsha. Umnyhadala unembali esusela kwiminyaka eyi-2000 kwaye inokubaluleka okunzulu kwenkcubeko.

Imvelaphi yoMnyhadala weLantern ingalandwa emva kwiHan Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE). Ngokutsho kwembali yamandulo yamaTshayina, lo mbhiyozo waqala njengendlela yokunqula uTaiyi, uThixo weZulu, yaye wawugqalwa njengophawu lokuphela kobusika nokuqala kwentwasahlobo. Njengoko ilivo lihamba, kwakukho izilwanyana ezinoburhalarhume ezaziza kuphuma ukuze zonakalisa abantu ngomhla we-15 wenyanga yokuqala yenyanga. Ukuze bazikhusele, abantu babexhoma izibane, balumeke iziqhushumbisi baze balumeke amakhandlela ukuze boyike izidalwa.

Ukongeza kukubaluleka kwenkolo kunye nenkcubeko, uMthendeleko weLantern ikwalixesha lokuhlangana kweentsapho, njengoko uwela kwinyanga yokuqala yoNyaka oMtsha weLunar. Iintsapho ziyahlanganisana ukuze zonwabele ukutya kwesintu, okufana neyuanxiao (amadombolo erayisi aswiti), nokubukela imbonakalo entle yezibane.

Namhlanje, uMthendeleko weLantern ubhiyozelwa kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi, kuquka iTaiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, neIndonesia. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iye yafumana ukuthandwa kumazwe aseNtshona njengendlela yokubhiyozela inkcubeko nezithethe zaseTshayina.

Kumaxesha anamhlanje, umnyhadala uye wavela ukuze ubandakanye imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo, efana nokhuphiswano lokwenza izibane, umdaniso wenamba kunye neengonyama, kunye nemidlalo yabantu. Isithethe sokukhulula izibane zesibhakabhaka siye saba ngumsebenzi odumileyo, apho abantu bebhala iminqweno yabo kwizibane ngaphambi kokuba bazikhulule esibhakabhakeni sasebusuku.

I-Lantern Festival iyaqhubeka ibe lixesha lovuyo, umanyano, kunye nethemba kubantu bayo yonke iminyaka, kunye nembali yayo ecebileyo kunye nentsingiselo yenkcubeko yenza isithethe esixabisekileyo kwizigidi zabantu emhlabeni jikelele. Njengoko umthendeleko uqhubeka nokuguquka kunye namaxesha, undoqo wawo njengophawu lwethemba kunye nohlaziyo luhlala luhleli.