Hauʻoli ʻAhaʻaina Puna

Ke hiki koke mai nei ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna Kina. Mahalo i nā hoa hana a pau e kākoʻo ana iā Senton. Manaʻolana wau e olakino maikaʻi ʻoukou a e hauʻoli i ka makahiki hou.

ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna ka lā mua o ka mahina mua o ka kalena mahina, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka makahiki mahina, i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo "Makahiki Hou Kina". ʻO kēia ka ʻahaʻaina kuʻuna koʻikoʻi a olaola loa ma ko mākou ʻāina. He mōʻaukala lōʻihi ko ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna. Ua hoʻomaka ia mai nā hana o ka hoʻomana ʻana i nā akua a me nā kūpuna i ka hoʻomaka a me ka hopena o ka makahiki i ka wā o nā Yin a me Shang Dynasties. Wahi a ka kalena mahina Kina, ua kapa ʻia ka lā mua o ka mahina mahina mua ʻo Yuanri, Yuanchen, Yuanzheng, Yuanshuo, a me ka lā Makahiki Hou i ka wā kahiko, i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ka lā mua o ka makahiki hou. Ua kapa ʻia ka lā mua o ka mahina ʻo ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna.
Ua hiki mai ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna, ʻo ia hoʻi, e hiki mai ana ka puna, e ola hou ʻo Vientiane a e hoʻoulu hou ʻia nā mea kanu, a e hoʻomaka hou kahi pōʻai hou o nā kau lūlū a me nā kau ʻohiʻohi. Ua hala wale aku nei ka poʻe i ka hoʻoilo lōʻihi a anuanu i ka wā i mae ai ka mea kanu hau a me ka hau, a ua lōʻihi ko lākou kakali ʻana i ka lā e pua ai nā pua puna.
No nā tausani makahiki, ua hoʻolilo ka poʻe i nā ʻahaʻaina Makahiki Hou i mea ʻōniʻoniʻo loa. I kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka lā 23 o ka mahina ʻumikūmālua a hiki i ka lā 30 o ka makahiki hou, kapa ka poʻe i kēia wā ʻo "Lā Puna", i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo "Lā Holoi Lepo". He hana maʻamau ia na ka poʻe Kina e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma mua o ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna.
A laila, hoʻomākaukau kēlā me kēia ʻohana i nā waiwai o ka Makahiki Hou. Ma kahi o ʻumi lā ma mua o ka ʻahaʻaina, hoʻomaka ka poʻe e kūʻai i nā mea. ʻO nā waiwai o ka Makahiki Hou, ʻo ia ka moa, ka ʻiʻo pipi, ka iʻa, ke kī, ka waina, ka ʻaila, ka mea ʻono, nā hua palai a me nā nati, ka maunu kō a me nā huaʻai. Pono lākou e kūʻai i ka lawa, a hoʻomākaukau pū kekahi no ke kipa ʻana o ka Makahiki Hou. ʻO nā makana i hāʻawi ʻia i ka wā e kipa aku ai i nā hoaaloha, pono nā keiki e kūʻai i nā lole hou a me nā pāpale hou, i mākaukau e ʻaʻahu i ka Makahiki Hou.
Ma mua o ka ʻahaʻaina, pono e hoʻopili ʻia ka leka Makahiki Hou me nā huapalapala melemele ma ka pepa ʻulaʻula ma ka puka o ka hale, ʻo ia hoʻi, nā couplets o ka Spring Festival i kākau ʻia ma ka pepa ʻulaʻula. Hoʻopili ʻia nā kiʻi Makahiki Hou me nā waihoʻoluʻu ʻōlinolino a me nā manaʻo pōmaikaʻi i loko o ka hale. ʻOkiʻoki nā kaikamahine akamai i nā grilles puka makani nani a hoʻopili iā lākou ma nā puka makani. Ma mua o ka puka e kau ai i nā kukui ʻulaʻula a i ʻole e hoʻopili i nā huapalapala o ka hoʻomaikaʻi a me nā kiʻi o ke akua o ka waiwai a me ke akua o ka waiwai. Hiki ke kau ʻia nā huapalapala o ka hoʻomaikaʻi i lalo. ʻO ka hāʻule, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka pōmaikaʻi, ʻo kēia mau hana a pau e hoʻohui i ka lewa ʻahaʻaina i ka ʻahaʻaina.
ʻO kekahi inoa no ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna ʻo ia ka Makahiki Hou. I nā moʻolelo kahiko, he holoholona hoʻokalakupua ʻo Nian i lawe mai i ka pōʻino i nā kānaka. Makahiki mua. Maloʻo nā lāʻau, ʻaʻohe mauʻu e ulu ana; a pau ka makahiki, ulu nā mea a pau a aia nā pua ma nā wahi a pau. Pehea lā e hala ai ka Makahiki Hou? Pono e hoʻohana i nā mea puhi ahi, no laila aia ke ʻano maʻamau o ke puhi ʻana i nā mea puhi ahi, ʻo ia kekahi ala e hoʻomaka ai ke ola.

He ʻahaʻaina hauʻoli a maluhia hoʻi ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna, a he lā hoʻi ia no ka hui hou ʻana o ka ʻohana. Pono nā keiki i hele aku mai ka home e hoʻi i ka home a hui hou i ka wā o ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna. ʻO ka pō ma mua o ka Makahiki Hou Kina ʻo ia ka pō 30 o ka mahina ʻumikūmālua o ka makahiki kahiko, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka Makahiki Hou, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka Pō Hui Hou. I kēia manawa ke hoʻololi nei ka mea kahiko a me ka mea hou, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ka makahiki hou kekahi o nā hana nui loa o ka Makahiki Hou. He mea maʻamau ka ʻai ʻana i nā dumplings i ka Makahiki Hou ma ka ʻāina ʻākau. ʻO ke ala e hana ai i nā dumplings, ʻo ia ke kāwili mua i nā noodles, a ʻo ka huaʻōlelo lokahi ke ʻano o ke lokahi. E lawe i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana i kahi keiki i ka wā ʻōpiopio. Ma ka hema, aia kahi maʻamau o ka ʻai ʻana i nā keke laiki i ka wā o ka Makahiki Hou. Hōʻike nā keke laiki ʻono a pipili i ka ʻono o ke ola i ka makahiki hou a me ka backgammon.
I ke kani ʻana o ka moa mua a i ʻole ke kani ʻana o ka bele o ka Makahiki Hou, kani like nā mea puhi ahi ma ke alanui, a kani kekahi ma hope o kekahi, a piha ka ʻohana i ka hauʻoli. Hoʻomaka ka makahiki hou. Ua ʻaʻahu nā kāne, nā wāhine a me nā keiki i nā lole hoʻolauleʻa. Nā aloha Makahiki Hou a me nā lā hānau, aia kekahi kālā Makahiki Hou no nā keiki i ka wā o ka ʻahaʻaina, ka ʻaina ahiahi Makahiki Hou hui, ka lua a me ke kolu o ka lā mua o ka makahiki hou, hoʻomaka e kipa i nā ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha, aloha kekahi i kekahi, hoʻomaikaʻi kekahi i kekahi, ʻōlelo hoʻomaikaʻi i ka makahiki hou, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka waiwai, hoʻomaikaʻi, hauʻoli makahiki hou, a pēlā aku. Nā kūpuna a me nā hana ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole wale ka lewa mehana o ka ʻahaʻaina e komo i loko o kēlā me kēia hale, akā ua hoʻopiha pū i nā alanui a me nā alaloa o nā wahi like ʻole. Ma kekahi mau wahi, aia nā hula liona, nā kukui deragona, nā hōʻike ahi kalapu, nā mākaʻikaʻi mākeke pua, nā ʻahaʻaina luakini a me nā hana maʻamau ʻē aʻe ma nā mākeke alanui. I loko o kēia wā, ua piha ke kūlanakauhale i nā kukui, a ua piha nā alanui i nā mākaʻikaʻi. He olaola loa ia a ʻaʻole i ʻike mua ʻia. ʻAʻole i pau maoli ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna a hiki i ka wā ma hope o ka ʻAhaʻaina Lantern ma ka lā ʻumikūmālima o ka mahina mua o ka mahina.
ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna ka ʻahaʻaina koʻikoʻi loa no ka lāhui Han, akā ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻumikūmālua o nā lāhui liʻiliʻi e like me Manchu, Mongolia, Yao, Zhuang, Bai, Gaoshan, Hezhe, Hani, Daur, Dong, a me Li ke ʻano o ka ʻAhaʻaina Puna, akā ʻo ke ʻano o ka ʻahaʻaina he mau ʻano aupuni ponoʻī, ʻoi aku ka make ʻole.