Aloha mai ka ʻaha puna mai Kina

E hiki koke mai ana ka Makahiki Hou. ʻO 2023 ka Makahiki o ka Rabbit ma Kina. He ʻahaʻaina poʻe ia e hoʻohui i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pōʻino, nā hoʻolauleʻa, nā ʻoliʻoli a me nā meaʻai.

He moʻolelo lōʻihi ko ka Spring Festival. Ua ulu ia mai ka pule ʻana no ka makahiki hou a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mōhai i ka wā kahiko. Hāpai ia i kahi hoʻoilina mōʻaukala a me ka moʻomeheu waiwai i kona hoʻoilina a me ka ulu ʻana.

ʻO ka Spring Festival kahi lā e hoʻopau ai i nā mea kahiko a lawe mai i nā mea hou. ʻOiai hāʻule ka Spring Festival i ka lā mua o ka mahina mua o ka kalena mahina, ʻaʻole e pau nā hana o ka Spring Festival i ka lā mua o ka mahina mua. Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki hou i ka hopena o ka makahiki, ua "hana nā kānaka no ka makahiki hou": ʻo ka mōhai ʻana i ke kapuahi, ka holoi ʻana i ka lepo, ke kūʻai ʻana i nā waiwai o ka makahiki hou, ke kau ʻana i nā ʻulaʻula o ka makahiki hou, ka holoi ʻana i ka lauoho a me ka ʻauʻau. ka hoʻonani ʻana i nā kukui a me nā mea hoʻonani, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. He kumuhana like kēia mau hana a pau, ʻo ia hoʻi, "aloha". Hoʻokipa ka mea kahiko i ka mea hou". ʻO ka Spring Festival he ʻahaʻaina o ka hauʻoli a me ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka hui ʻana o ka ʻohana, a he karnival a he kia ʻuhane mau loa ia no ka poʻe e hōʻike ai i ko lākou makemake no ka hauʻoli a me ke kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ka Spring Festival kekahi lā e hoʻomana ai nā ʻohana i ko lākou mau kūpuna a pule no ka makahiki hou. ʻO ka mōhai kekahi ʻano hana manaʻoʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka hana manaʻoʻiʻo i hana ʻia e nā kānaka i ka wā kahiko e noho like ai me ka lani, ka honua a me ke ʻano.

ʻO ka Spring Festival he ʻahaʻaina no ka poʻe e hoʻokipa a me ka carnival. I ka manawa o ka lā ʻo Yuan a me ka Makahiki Hou, puhi ʻia nā mea puhi ahi, aia nā mea ahi a puni ka lewa, a me nā hana hoʻolauleʻa like ʻole e like me ke aloha ʻana i ka makahiki kahiko a me ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka makahiki hou a hiki i ko lākou piko. I ke kakahiaka o ka la mua o ka makahiki hou, kuni kela ohana keia ohana i ka mea ala a me ke aloha, mahalo i ka lani a me ka honua, a me ka mohai i na kupuna, alaila, haawi aku i na aloha makahiki hou i na lunakahiko, alaila, na hoahanau a me na hoaloha o ka poe kahiko. ʻO ka ʻohana hoʻokahi e hoʻomaikaʻi kekahi i kekahi. Ma hope o ka lā mua, hoʻokō ʻia nā ʻano hana leʻaleʻa like ʻole, e hoʻohui ana i kahi lewa hauʻoli ikaika i ka Spring Festival. ʻO ka lewa mahana o kaʻahaʻainaʻaʻole e komo wale i kēlā me kēia hale, akā e hoʻopiha i nā alanui a me nā alahele ma nā wahi a pau. I loko o kēia wā, piha ke kūlanakauhale i nā kukui, piha nā alanui i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pīhoihoi, a ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ka hanana nui. ʻAʻole e pau ka ʻaha puna a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka Lantern Festival ma ka lā ʻumikumamālima o ka mahina mua. No laila, ʻo ka Spring Festival, he hui nui e hui pū ana i ka pule, ka hoʻolauleʻa a me ka ʻoliʻoli, ua lilo ia i ʻahaʻaina koʻikoʻi loa o ka lāhui Kina.

Ma Kina, ʻo ka Spring Festival ka ʻahaʻaina ʻoi loa a nui loa, me nā pōmaikaʻi pau ʻole, nā ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha lōʻihi, a me nā meaʻai ʻono pau ʻole. Ma ka manawa o ka Spring Festival, makemake ʻo Yuncang a me nā limahana a pau i nā hoaaloha a pau i ka hauʻoli Spring Festival, nā mea maikaʻi loa a me ka wā e hiki mai ana.