Hauʻoli Lantern Festival

Hauʻoli Lantern Festival

ʻO Yuanxiao ka meaʻai kūikawā no ka Lantern Festival. Ua manaʻo ʻia ua kapa ʻia ʻo Yuanxiao ma hope o ke kaikamahine aliʻi ʻo Yuanxiao ʻo Emperor Wu Di o ka mōʻī Han. ʻO Yuanxiao kahi ʻano dumpling momona, i hana ʻia me ka palaoa laiki paʻa i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā mea momona. A ua kapa ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina ma muli o ka dumpling kaulana. He mea maʻalahi loa ka kuke ʻana - e hoʻolei wale iā lākou i loko o ka ipuhao wai e hoʻolapalapa ai no kekahi mau minuke - a ʻai ʻia i mea ʻai.

ʻO "Guessing lantern riddles" he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka ʻahaʻaina. Kākau nā mea nāna nā kukui i nā nane ma kahi ʻāpana pepa a kau ma luna o nā kukui. Inā loaʻa i nā malihini nā ʻōlelo nane, hiki iā lākou ke huki i ka pepa a hele i ka poʻe nona nā kukui e nānā i kā lākou pane. Inā pololei lākou, e loaʻa iā lākou kahi makana liʻiliʻi. Ua puka mai ka hana i ka wā e leʻaleʻa ai nā kānaka i nā kukui ma ka Song Dynasty (960-1279). ʻOiai he mea hoihoi a piha i ka naʻauao ka nane, ua lilo ia i mea kaulana i waena o nā strata kaiaulu.

I ke ao o ka ʻahaʻaina, ʻo nā hana e like me ka hula kukui deragona, ka hula liona, ka hula waʻa ʻāina, ka hula yangge, ka hele wāwae ʻana ma ke kua a me ke kuʻi ʻana i ka pahu i ka wā e hoʻokani ʻia ai ka hula. I ka pō, koe naʻe nā kukui nani, hana ke ahi i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani. Hāʻawi ka hapa nui o nā ʻohana i nā mea puhi ahi mai ka Spring Festival a hoʻokuʻu iā lākou i ka Lantern Festival. E hoʻonohonoho kekahi mau aupuni kūloko i kahi pāʻina ahi. I ka pō e komo ai ka mahina piha mua i ka Makahiki Hou, ua ʻona maoli ka poʻe i nā ahi ahi a me ka mahina mālamalama i ka lewa.

Aloha pumehana a me nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa no ka Lantern Festival!