He Moʻolelo Mileniuma Kahiko o ka ʻAhaʻaina Waʻa Deragona
Nui nā moʻolelo like ʻole e pili ana i ke kumu o ka ʻAhaʻaina Waʻa Deragona. Wahi a kekahi he hoʻomanaʻo ia iā Qu Yuan, ʻōlelo kekahi he hoʻohanohano ia iā Wu Zixu, a ʻo kekahi poʻe e kapa ana i ka "lā ʻelima o ka malama ʻelima" ʻo ia ka "lā ʻino." Eia naʻe, ʻo ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ʻae nui ʻia i waena o nā kānaka, ʻo ia ka pili loa o ka ʻahaʻaina i ka moʻolelo o Qu Yuan.
I ka makahiki 278 BC, ua hopu ka pūʻali koa Qin iā Ying, ke kapikala o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Chu. ʻO Qu Yuan, i kona mau makahiki kanaono, ua piha i ka manaʻolana ʻole. ʻO kona hoʻolaʻa ʻana i kona ola a pau e lawelawe i kona ʻāina a me kona makemake nui e hoʻopakele iā ia ua lilo i mea ʻole. I loko o kona ʻehaʻeha, ua ʻapo ʻo ia i kahi pōhaku nui a hoʻolei iā ia iho i loko o ka muliwai ʻo Miluo kokoke i kēia manawa ʻo Changsha, ka moku ʻo Hunan.
Ua mahalo nui nā kamaʻāina i ke aloha ʻāina o Qu Yuan. I ko lākou lohe ʻana i kona make ʻana, ua holo wikiwiki lākou i nā waʻa i ka muliwai ʻo Miluo e ʻimi iā ia. Ua hoʻolei koke aku nā kānaka i nā pōpō laiki, nā hua manu, a me nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe i loko o ka muliwai, me ka manaʻolana e ʻai nā iʻa a me nā ʻōpae a waiho i ke kino o Qu Yuan me ka ʻole o ka hōʻeha. Ua ninini kekahi i ka waina realgar i loko o ka muliwai, me ka manaʻolana e hoʻoinu i nā moʻo a me nā holoholona wai. No ka hopohopo o ka ʻai ʻia ʻana o nā pōpō laiki e nā moʻo, ua ʻōwili nā kānaka i ka laiki i loko o nā lau a nakinaki iā lākou me nā kaula silika kala - kahi hana i ulu mālie i loko o ke kuʻuna o ka hana ʻana i zongzi.
Mai ia manawa mai, i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka lā ʻelima o ka malama ʻelima, nā loina oheihei waʻa deragona, ʻai ʻana i ka zongzi, a meke inu nei i ka waina realgarua mālama ʻia e hoʻohanohano i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka haku mele aloha ʻāina nui ʻo Qu Yuan.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iune-18-2026