CHIKONDWERERO CHA QINGMING

Chikondwerero cha Qingming, chomwe chimadziwikanso kuti Tsiku Lophimba Manda, ndi chikondwerero chachikhalidwe cha ku China chomwe chiyambi chake chinali cha zaka zoposa 2,500. Chimachitika pa Epulo 4 kapena 5 chaka chilichonse, ndipo chimakhala ndi chikhalidwe ndi mbiri yofunika kwambiri m'dziko la China. Chikondwererochi chinayamba mu ulamuliro wa Zhou (pafupifupi 1046-256 BCE) ndipo kuyambira pamenepo chasanduka nthawi yoti mabanja azilemekeza makolo awo ndikukumbukira omwe anamwalira.

Chiyambi cha Chikondwerero cha Qingming chikugwirizana ndi nthano yochokera m'mbiri yakale ya ku China. Akuti nthawi ya Spring ndi Autumn (pafupifupi 770-476 BCE), mkulu wokhulupirika dzina lake Jie Zitui ankatumikira pansi pa Duke Wen wa Jin. Panthawi ya chisokonezo cha ndale, Jie Zitui anadzipereka yekha mwa kuwotcha mpaka kufa kuti apereke chakudya kwa kalonga wake wanjala, yemwe anakakamizika kupita ku ukapolo. Polira nsembe ya Jie Zitui, kalongayo analamula kuti moto usayatsidwe kwa masiku atatu. Pambuyo pake, kalongayo atakwera pampando wachifumu monga Mfumu, anakhazikitsa Chikondwerero cha Qingming ngati tsiku lolemekeza Jie Zitui ndi anthu ena okhulupirika.

M'nthawi zamakono, ngakhale kuti Chikondwerero cha Qingming chimasunga miyambo yake yolemekeza makolo ndi kukumbukira zakale, chimaphatikizaponso zochitika zamakono zomwe zimasonyeza kusintha kwa moyo. Masiku ano, mabanja nthawi zambiri amayamba tsiku mwa kupita kumanda a makolo awo kukapereka ulemu ndi mapemphero. Komabe, kupatula miyambo yachikhalidwe, Chikondwerero cha Qingming chakhala nthawi yopuma komanso kuchita zinthu zina panja.

Kukondwerera Chikondwerero cha Qingming masiku ano nthawi zambiri kumaphatikizapo kupita ku mapaki kapena malo okongola, komwe mabanja angasangalale ndi maluwa otuwa komanso mpweya wabwino wa masika. Kuyenda pikiniki, kuyenda pansi, ndi kuuluka ma kite kwakhala njira zodziwika bwino zochitira tsiku lonse, zomwe zimapatsa mwayi wopumula ndi kulumikizana ndi okondedwa. Kuphatikiza apo, miyambo yophikira imagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri, mabanja akukonza zakudya zapadera ndi zakudya zokoma kuti agawane wina ndi mnzake.

Ponseponse, Chikondwerero cha Qingming chimagwira ntchito ngati nthawi yoganizira zakale komanso kuyamikira kukongola kwa chilengedwe komanso chisangalalo cha mabanja ndi anthu ammudzi. Ndi umboni wa cholowa cha chikhalidwe cha ku China, kuphatikiza miyambo yakale ndi machitidwe amakono pokondwerera moyo ndi kukumbukira.