Qho ngomhla wesi-5 wenyanga yesihlanu yiDragon Boat Festival, kulo nyaka yi-25 kaJuni. Sinethemba lokuba bonke abathengi bazakuba neDragen Boat Festival eNwabileyo.

UMnyhadala weeNqanawa zeDragon, uMnyhadala weNtwasahlobo, uMnyhadala weChing Ming, kunye noMnyhadala weMid-Autumn nazo zaziwa njengeminyhadala emine yemveli yaseTshayina. Imvelaphi yomthendeleko wamandulo inxulumene kakhulu nenkcubeko yamandulo. Kuthiwa uMnyhadala weeNqanawa zeDragon waqala kunqulo lwasezulwini kwaye wavela kwidini le-totem yedragon kumaxesha amandulo.

Ingxelo yokuqala yemvelaphi yesikhephe sedrako yavela kwiMpuma Han Dynasty. Ngexesha leNtwasahlobo neloKwindla kunye neXesha leMfazwe yaMazwe, umkhwa wokubaleka kwesikhephe sedrako wawuxhaphakile kwilizwe laseWu, eYue naseChu.

Ngokuphathelele isiko lokutya iidumplings zerayisi ezinamathelayo, into eyaziwayo luluntu kukukhumbula iQu Yuan.

UQu Yuan, umphathiswa kaKumkani uChu Huai ngexesha leNtwasahlobo neXesha laseKwindla, naye wayengumbongi. Ngowama-278 BC, uMkhosi weQin woyisa ikomkhulu laseChu. UQu Yuan wabona ukuba ilizwe lakhe lihlaselwe, kwaye intliziyo yakhe yayihlatyiwe, kodwa wayengenakukwazi ukushiya ilizwe lakhe. Ngomhla wesi-5 kuMeyi, emva kokubhala ingoma yakhe ethi “Thoughts Before Drowning”, watsiba kwiuMlambo iMiluo waze wafa, ngobomi bakhe. Waqamba intshukumo emangalisayo yokuthand’ izwe.

Kuthiwa emva kokufa kukaQu Yuan, abantu belizwe laseChu balila ngendlela engaqhelekanga, baza babaleka baya ecaleni koMlambo iMiluo bekhumbula uQu Yuan. Abalobi bakhwela isikhephe baza basindisa umzimba wakhe emlanjeni. Umlobi weentlanzi wakhupha amabhola erayisi, amaqanda kunye nokunye ukutya okwakulungiselelwe uQu Yuan, waza wawaphosa emlanjeni. Bathi iintlanzi, iilobster kunye neenkala zazigcwele, kwaye babengenakuluma umzimba kaGqr. Qu. Abantu balandela emva kokubabona.

Emva koko, ngomhla wesihlanu kaMeyi minyaka le, kwakukho isiko lokubaleka ngesikhephe sedrako, ukutya amadombolo; ngale ndlela, imbongi yokuthanda ilizwe uQu Yuan yayikhunjulwa.