ʻO kekahi o nā lā uhane koʻikoʻi ma Kina, ʻo Mid-Autumn ka lā i hala mau tausani makahiki.He lua ia ma ka moʻomeheu koʻikoʻi wale nō i ka Lunar New Year.Hāʻule maʻamau ia i ka lā 15 o ka mahina ʻewalu o ka alemanaka lunisolar Kina, he pō i ka piha a me ka mālamalama o ka mahina, i ka manawa kūpono no ke kau ʻohi ʻana.
ʻO ka Mid-Autumn Festival ma Kina he lā hoʻomaha lehulehu (a i ʻole ka lā ma hope o ka Mid-Autumn Kina).I kēia makahiki, hāʻule ia i ka lā 29 Kepakemapa no laila e manaʻo nui i ka hāʻawi makana, nā kukui kukui (a me ke ʻano o nā mea palaki walaʻau), nā kukui, nā ʻaina ʻohana a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā mooncakes.
ʻO ka ʻāpana nui o ka ʻahaʻaina ʻo ka ʻākoakoa ʻana me kāu poʻe aloha, hoʻomaikaʻi a pule.I ka wā kahiko, ʻo ka hoʻomana kuʻuna o ka mahina ka pule i nā akua mahina (me Changʻe) no ke olakino a me ka waiwai, ka hana ʻana a me ka ʻai ʻana i nā keke mahina, a me ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana i nā kukui kala i ka pō.Kākau kekahi poʻe i nā manaʻo maikaʻi ma nā kukui a lele i ka lewa a lana paha ma nā muliwai.
Hana i ka maikaʻi o ka pō ma:
ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i ka pāʻina Kina me ka ʻohana - ʻo nā kīʻaha punahele kaulana me ka ʻiʻo Peking a me ka pāpaʻi huluhulu.
E ʻai ana i nā keke mahina — ua hōʻuluʻulu mākou i nā mea maikaʻi loa ma ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻO ka hele ʻana i kekahi o nā hōʻike kukui kukui nani a puni ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻIke ʻia!Makemake nui mākou i ke kahakai akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kahi huakaʻi (pōkole!) i ka pō i ke kuahiwi a i ʻole ka puʻu, a i ʻole e ʻimi i kahi hale a i ʻole kahi paka e ʻike ai.
Hauʻoli Mid-Autumn Festival!
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Sep-28-2023
