Chikondi ndi nyali: Tsiku lomaliza la Nyengo Yatsopano ya Chaka Chatsopano
February ndi mwezi wa chikondi. Masiku apitawo, anthu adakondwerera Tsiku la Valentine mwa kuvala dzina la okondedwa awo pamanja. Lero, timasinthanitsa makadi a tsiku la Valentine, ndipo maluwa ndi chokoleti ndi mphatso zotchuka. Ku Japan, akaziwa amapatsa chokoleti kwa amuna monga chizindikiro cha chikondi chawo, pamene abambowo amatha pa March 14, otchedwa "White Day".
Zoonadi, zinthu ndi zosiyana kwambiri ku China, kumene nyengo ya Chaka Chatsopano cha China ndi nthawi ya mabanja.
Komabe, pamodzi ndi phwando, chakudya chamadzulo, komanso zikondwerero zina, maanja amapeza nthawi yokonda pang'ono.
Phwando la Lantern ndilo tsiku lomaliza la nyengo yatsopano ya Chinese . Mwachikhalidwe, chikondwerero cha Lantern ndi tsiku la okonda. M'mbuyomu, linali tsiku limodzi la chaka pamene mkazi adakhoza kutuluka - mwachangu, ndithudi! - ndiwoneke ndi amuna osakwatiwa oyenerera. M'masiku omwe mapazi azimayi anali omangidwa, nthawi zambiri nthawi yomwe amatha kuwonekera pagulu ndi mapazi osayendayenda. Inde, malamulowa saliponso, komabe pakadalibe kukondana pamlengalenga pa zikondwerero za Phwando la Lantern.
Zambirimbiri zikugwirizana ndi chiyambi cha chikondwererocho. N'zotheka kuti pachiyambi chinali kutamanda Buddha. Nkhani ina imalimbikitsa chilengedwe chake kuti chikhale kwa mzimayi wachikulire wotchedwa Yuanxiao. Mtsikanayu anauza mfumu kuti Mulungu wa Moto adzawotcha mzindawu pokhapokha ngati atakondwera ndi malo otentha.
Choncho, mfumuyo inalamula kuti magetsi azimitsa moto ndi nyali zoyaka zofiira m'misewu yonse. Phokoso la chisokonezo ndi chisokonezo zinapangitsa Yuanxiao kupumula kunyumba osadziŵika chifukwa cha kuyanjananso kwachidule kwa banja.
Chakudya cha chikondwerero cha Lantern ndi Yuanxiao dumplings , wotchulidwa ndi mtsikana wokhala yekha wamfumu wakale.
(Mafotokozedwe ena a nkhaniyi akukonzekera zokonzera zidutswa zazitsulo za Mulungu wa Moto, chifukwa ichi chinali chimodzi mwa zakudya zomwe amakonda kwambiri). Yuanxiao wapangidwa ndi ufa wochuluka wa mpunga. Iwo akhoza kukhala okoma kapena osangalatsa; wodzazidwa ndi chirichonse kuchokera ku shuga, walnuts, ndi zouma tangerine peel nyama ndi masamba.
Ngati n'kotheka, mufunanso kukaona Chinatown kukasangalala ndi zikondwerero za Lantern Day. Mwachikhalidwe, izi zimaphatikizapo nyimbo, kuvina, ziphuphu, ndipotu, kulikonse kwa nyali zowala kwambiri. Anthu amatha kusewera Lantern Riddle masewera, ndikuyesera kuti ayesere mayankho a zozizwitsa zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pa nyali. Ndipo ndithudi, inu mudzafuna kuti mudyera pa dumplings!