UMNYHADALA WOKUQINGMING
UMnyhadala weQingming, okwaziwa ngokuba yiSuku lokuSusa Amangcwaba, yiholide yesintu yaseTshayina enemvelaphi yayo esusela kwiminyaka engaphezu kwama-2,500. Igcinwa nge-4 okanye i-5 ka-Epreli minyaka le, ibaluleke kakhulu kwinkcubeko nakwimbali kuluntu lwaseTshayina. Lo mnyhadala waqala ngexesha leZhou Dynasty (malunga no-1046-256 BCE) kwaye ukususela ngoko uye waba lixesha lokuba iintsapho zihloniphe ookhokho bazo kwaye zikhumbule abafileyo.
Imvelaphi yeQingming Festival idibene nentsomi yembali yamandulo yaseTshayina. Kuthiwa ngexesha leNtwasahlobo neXesha laseKwindla (malunga nowama-770-476 BCE), igosa elithembekileyo eligama linguJie Zitui lalikhonza phantsi koDuke Wen waseJin. Ngexesha lesiphithiphithi kwezopolitiko, uJie Zitui wazincama ngokuzitshisa waze wafa ukuze anike inkosana yakhe eyayilambile ukutya, eyanyanzelwa ukuba iye ekuthinjweni. Elila idini likaJie Zitui, inkosana yayalela ukuba kungabikho mlilo uvuthelwa iintsuku ezintathu. Kamva, xa inkosana yahlala esihlalweni sobukhosi njengoKumkani, yaseka uMnyhadala weQingming njengosuku lokuhlonipha uJie Zitui kunye nabanye abantu abathembekileyo.
Kumaxesha anamhlanje, ngelixa iQingming Festival igcina isidima sayo sokuhlonela ookhokho nokukhumbula ixesha elidlulileyo, ikwamkele nemisebenzi yanamhlanje ebonisa utshintsho kwindlela yokuphila. Namhlanje, iintsapho zihlala ziqala usuku ngokutyelela amangcwaba ookhokho bazo ukuze zinike imbeko kwaye zithandaze. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphaya kwezithethe zemveli, iQingming Festival ibe lixesha lokuzonwabisa nemisebenzi yangaphandle.
Ukugcinwa kweQingming Festival yanamhlanje kudla ngokuquka ukuphuma uye kwiipaki okanye kwiindawo ezintle, apho iintsapho zinokonwabela iintyatyambo eziqhakazayo kunye nomoya omtsha wasentwasahlobo. Iipikiniki, ukuhamba ngeenyawo, kunye neekhayithi ezibhabhayo ziye zaba ziindlela ezidumileyo zokuchitha usuku, zibonelela ngamathuba okuphumla kunye nobudlelwane nabantu obathandayo. Ukongeza, amasiko okupheka adlala indima ebalulekileyo, apho iintsapho zilungiselela ukutya okukhethekileyo kunye nezidlo ezimnandi ukuze zabelane ngazo.
Lilonke, uMnyhadala weQingming usebenza njengexesha lokucamngca ngexesha elidlulileyo kunye nokuxabisa ubuhle bendalo kunye nolonwabo losapho kunye noluntu. Lubungqina belifa lenkcubeko elihlala lihleli laseTshayina, ukuxuba amasiko amandulo kunye nezenzo zanamhlanje kwimibhiyozo yobomi kunye nenkumbulo.
