Njalo ngosuku lwesi-5 lwenyanga yesihlanu kuba uMkhosi Wezikebhe Zedrako, kulo nyaka umhla zingama-25 kuNhlangulana. Sithemba wonke amakhasimende uMkhosi Wezikebhe Zedrako Ojabulisayo.

UMkhosi Wezikebhe Zedrako, uMkhosi Wentwasahlobo, uMkhosi weChing Ming, kanye noMkhosi Waphakathi Nokwindla nawo waziwa ngokuthi imikhosi emine yendabuko yaseShayina. Umsuka womkhosi wasendulo uhlobene kakhulu nesiko lasendulo. Kuthiwa uMkhosi Wezikebhe Zedrako waqala ekukhulekeleni kwasezulwini futhi wavela emhlatshelweni wedrako we-totem ezikhathini zasendulo.

Umlando wokuqala wemvelaphi yesikebhe sikadrako wavela eMpumalanga Han Dynasty. Ngesikhathi seNtwasahlobo neNtwasahlobo kanye neNkathi Yezizwe Ezilwayo, umkhuba wokugijima ngesikebhe sikadrako wawuvamile ezweni laseWu, eYue naseChu.

Ngokuphathelene nesiko lokudla ama-dumplings elayisi anamathelayo, okwaziwa umphakathi ukukhumbula iQu Yuan.

UQu Yuan, ungqongqoshe weNkosi uChu Huai ngesikhathi seNtwasahlobo kanye neNtwasahlobo, naye wayengumbongi. Ngo-278 BC, i-Qin Army yanqoba inhloko-dolobha yaseChu. UQu Yuan wabona ukuthi izwe lakhe lalihlaselwe, futhi inhliziyo yakhe yayihlabekile, kodwa wayengenakukwazi ukushiya izwe lakhe. Ngomhlaka-5 Meyi, ngemuva kokubhala ingoma yakhe ethi “Thoughts Before Drowning”, wagxumelauMfula iMiluo waze wafa, ngokuphila kwakhe. Waqamba inhlangano emangalisayo yokushisekela izwe.

Kuthiwa ngemva kokufa kukaQu Yuan, abantu basesifundazweni saseChu badabuka ngendlela engavamile, base bephuthuma eceleni koMfula iMiluo bekhumbula uQu Yuan. Abadobi bagibela isikebhe basindisa isidumbu sakhe emfuleni. Umdobi wakhipha amabhola elayisi, amaqanda nokunye ukudla okwakulungiselelwe uQu Yuan, wakulahla emfuleni. Bathi izinhlanzi, ama-lobster nezinkalankala zazigcwele, futhi babengeke balume isidumbu sikaDkt. Qu. Abantu balandela okufanayo ngemva kokubabona.

Ngemva kwalokho, ngosuku lwesihlanu lukaMeyi minyaka yonke, kwakunomkhuba wokugijima ngesikebhe sikadrako, ukudla amadombolo; ngale ndlela, kwakhunjulwa imbongi eshisekela izwe uQu Yuan.