Umsuka we-Yuanxiao

I-Lantern Festival, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Yuan Xiao Jie, umkhosi wendabuko waseShayina ophawula ukuphela kwemigubho yeLunar New Year. Umkhosi unomlando osukela eminyakeni engu-2000 futhi unokubaluleka okujulile kwamasiko.

Umsuka woMkhosi Wezibani ungalandelelwa emuva oBukhosini bukaHan (206 BCE - 220 CE). Ngokwenganekwane yasendulo yamaShayina, lo mkhosi waqala njengendlela yokukhulekela uTaiyi, uNkulunkulu weZulu, futhi wawubhekwa njengophawu lokuphela kobusika nokuqala kwentwasahlobo. Njengoba inganekwane iqhubeka, kwake kwaba nezilwane ezinolaka ezazizophuma zizolimaza abantu ngosuku lwe-15 lwenyanga yokuqala yokuthwasa kwenyanga. Ukuze bazivikele, abantu babelenga izibani, baqhumise iziqhumane, bakhanyise namakhandlela ukuze bethuke izidalwa.

Ngaphezu kokubaluleka kwawo kwezenkolo namasiko, uMkhosi weLantern ubuye ube yisikhathi sokuhlangana kwemindeni, njengoba uba ngenyanga yokuqala egcwele yoNyaka Omusha WamaLunar. Imindeni ihlangana ndawonye ukuze ijabulele ukudla kwendabuko, okufana ne- yuanxiao (amadombolo elayisi amnandi), futhi ibukele umbukiso omuhle wezibani.

Namuhla, uMkhosi Wezibani ugujwa ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba, kuhlanganise neTaiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, ne-Indonesia. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, iphinde yathola ukuthandwa emazweni aseNtshonalanga njengendlela yokugubha isiko namasiko aseShayina.

Ezikhathini zanamuhla, lo mkhosi usuthuthukile ukuze uhlanganise imisebenzi eyahlukene, efana nemiqhudelwano yokwenza izibani, imidanso kadrako nebhubesi, kanye nemidlalo yesintu. Isiko lokudedela izibani zesibhakabhaka sekuyinsakavukela umchilo wesidwaba, lapho abantu bebhala izifiso zabo emalambini ngaphambi kokuwadedela esibhakabhakeni ebusuku.

Umkhosi Wezibani uyaqhubeka nokuba yisikhathi senjabulo, ubunye, nethemba kubantu bayo yonke iminyaka, futhi umlando wawo ocebile nokubaluleka kwamasiko kuwenza ube isiko elithandwayo ezigidini zabantu emhlabeni jikelele. Njengoba umkhosi uqhubeka nokushintsha nezikhathi, ingqikithi yawo njengophawu lwethemba nokuvuselelwa ihlala injalo.