ʻO kēlā me kēia lā 5 o ka malama ʻelima ka ʻAhaʻaina Waʻa Dragon, a ʻo Iune 25 kēia makahiki. Ke lana nei ko mākou manaʻo i ka Hauʻoli Waʻa Dragen no nā mea kūʻai aku a pau.

ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Waʻa Deragona, ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna, ka ʻAhaʻaina Ching Ming, a me ka ʻAhaʻaina Mid-Autumn ua ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ia nā ʻahaʻaina kuʻuna Kina ʻehā. Pili loa ke kumu o ka ʻahaʻaina kahiko i ka moʻomeheu kahiko. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hoʻomaka ka ʻAhaʻaina Waʻa Deragona mai ka hoʻomana lani a ua ulu aʻe mai ka mōhai totem deragona i ka wā kahiko.

Ua puka mai ka moʻolelo mua o ke kumu o ka waʻa deragona ma ka Eastern Han Dynasty. I ka wā o ka pūnāwai a me ke kau hāʻule a me ka wā kaua o nā mokuʻāina, ua kaulana ka heihei waʻa deragona ma ka ʻāina ʻo Wu, Yue a me Chu.

E pili ana i ke kuʻuna o ka ʻai ʻana i nā dumplings laiki pipili, ʻo ka mea i ʻike ʻia e ka lehulehu, ʻo ia ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā Qu Yuan.

ʻO Qu Yuan, ke kuhina o ke Aliʻi Chu Huai i ka wā o ka pūnāwai a me ke kau hāʻule, he haku mele nō hoʻi. I ka makahiki 278 BC, ua lanakila ka Pūʻali Koa Qin i ke kapikala o Chu. Ua ʻike ʻo Qu Yuan ua hoʻouka ʻia kona ʻāina makuahine, a ua hou ʻia kona puʻuwai, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke haʻalele i kona ʻāina makuahine. Ma ka lā 5 o Mei, ma hope o ke kākau ʻana i kāna mele Swan "Thoughts Before Drowning", lele ʻo ia i lokoka Muliwai ʻo Miluo a hiki i ka make, me kona ola ponoʻī i haku i kahi neʻe aloha ʻāina nani.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ma hope o ka make ʻana o Qu Yuan, ua kaumaha nui nā kānaka o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Chu, a ua holo wikiwiki lākou i ka ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ʻo Miluo e hoʻomanaʻo iā Qu Yuan. Ua hoe nā lawaiʻa i luna o ka waʻa a hoʻopakele i kona kino ma ka muliwai. Ua lawe kekahi lawaiʻa i nā pōpō laiki, nā hua manu a me nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe i hoʻomākaukau ʻia no Qu Yuan, a hoʻolei iā lākou i loko o ka muliwai. Ua ʻōlelo lākou ua piha nā iʻa, nā ʻōpae a me nā pāpaʻi, a ʻaʻole lākou e nahu i ke kino o Kauka Qu. Ua hahai nā kānaka ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou.

Ma hope iho, i ka lā ʻelima o Mei i kēlā me kēia makahiki, aia kahi hana maʻamau o ka heihei waʻa deragona, e ʻai ana i nā dumplings; ma kēia ʻano, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ka haku mele aloha ʻāina ʻo Qu Yuan.