ʻO ka Mid-Autumn Festival, i kapa ʻia ʻo Mid-Autumn Festival, he ʻahaʻaina Kina kuʻuna e hāʻule i ka lā ʻumikumamālima o ka ʻewalu o ka mahina o ka kalena mahina. ʻO kēia makahiki ka ʻahaʻaina ʻOkakopa 1, 2020. He manawa kēia e ʻākoakoa ai nā ʻohana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻohi a mahalo i ka mahina piha. ʻO kekahi o nā kuʻuna kaulana loa o ka Mid-Autumn Festival, ʻo ia ka ʻai ʻana i nā mooncakes, ʻo ia nā mea ʻai ʻono i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka paʻi pīni momona, ka paʻi lotus, a i kekahi manawa i paʻakai ʻia nā hua manu.

He moʻolelo koʻikoʻi kēia ʻahaʻaina a pili pū me nā moʻolelo a me nā moʻolelo. ʻO kekahi o nā moʻolelo kaulana loa ʻo Changʻe lāua ʻo Hou Yi. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ʻo Hou Yi ka mea akamai i ka pana pua. Ua pana ʻo ia i ʻeiwa o nā lā he ʻumi i hoʻopau i ka honua, i lanakila ai ka mahalo a me ka mahalo. Ma ke ʻano he uku, hāʻawi ka Mōʻīwahine makuahine o ke Komohana iā ia i ka elixir o ka make ʻole. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻai koke iā ia akā hūnā. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua ʻike kāna haumāna ʻo Peng Meng i ka elixir a hoʻāʻo e ʻaihue mai ka wahine a Hou Yi ʻo Changʻe. I mea e pale aku ai iā Peng Meng mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka elixir, ua lawe ʻo Changʻe iā ia iho i ka elixir a lana i ka mahina.

ʻO kekahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka Mid-Autumn Festival ʻo ia ka moʻolelo o Changʻe e lele ana i ka mahina. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ma hope o ka lawe ʻana o Changʻe i ka elixir o ka make ʻole, ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho e lana ana i ka mahina, kahi āna i noho ai mai ia manawa mai. No laila, ʻike ʻia ka Mid-Autumn Festival ʻo ka Festival of the Moon Goddess. Manaʻo ka poʻe i kēia pō, ʻo Changʻe ka nani a me ka ʻālohilohi.

ʻO ka Mid-Autumn Festival kahi lā e hui pū ai nā ʻohana a hoʻolauleʻa. He wā hui hou kēia, a hele mai nā kānaka mai nā wahi a pau e hui hou me kā lākou poʻe aloha. ʻO kēia lā hoʻomaha kekahi manawa e hōʻike ai i ka mahalo a me ka mahalo i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka makahiki. He manawa kēia e noʻonoʻo ai a mahalo i ka waiwai o ke ola.

ʻO kekahi o nā moʻomeheu Mid-Autumn Festival ka hāʻawi ʻana a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mooncakes. Hoʻolālā pinepine ʻia kēia mau mea ʻono maikaʻi me nā kiʻi nani ma luna, e hōʻike ana i ka lōʻihi o ka ola, ka lokahi a me ka pōmaikaʻi. He makana ka Mooncakes i nā hoaaloha, ʻohana a me nā hoa ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he ala e hōʻike ai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a me ka pōmaikaʻi. Ua hauʻoli pū ʻia lākou me nā mea aloha i ka wā ʻahaʻaina, i hele pinepine ʻia me ke kīʻaha kīʻala ʻala.

Ma waho aʻe o nā mooncakes, ʻo kekahi kuʻuna kaulana ʻo Mid-Autumn Festival e lawe ana i nā kukui. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā keiki a me nā poʻe mākua e hele wāwae ana ma nā alanui e lawe ana i nā kukui waihoʻoluʻu o nā ʻano a me nā nui. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau kukui e hoʻomālamalama ana i ka lani o ka pō, he wahi nani a nani o ka ʻahaʻaina.

ʻO ka Mid-Autumn Festival kekahi manawa no nā hana moʻomeheu like ʻole a me nā hana. Hoʻohui ʻia nā hana hula deragona a me ka liona kuʻuna i ka lewa ʻoliʻoli. Aia kekahi kau moʻolelo e haʻi hou ana i nā kaʻao a me nā moʻolelo e pili ana i ka ʻahaʻaina no ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu waiwai no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.

I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua lilo ka Mid-Autumn Festival i manawa no ka wehewehe ʻana a me ka wehewehe ʻana i nā kuʻuna kuʻuna. Nui nā kūlanakauhale e paʻa ana i nā hōʻike kukui e hōʻike ana i nā hōʻikeʻike kukui nani a me ke akamai, e huki ana i nā mākaʻikaʻi mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua. Hōʻike pinepine kēia mau hōʻikeʻike i ka hoʻolālā hou a me nā mea pili, e hoʻohui ana i kahi wili hou i ka kuʻuna kahiko o ke kukui.

Ke kokoke mai nei ka Mid-Autumn Festival, a ua piha ka lewa i ka hauʻoli a me ka manaʻolana. Hui pū nā ʻohana e hoʻomākaukau no ka ʻahaʻaina, e hoʻolālā ana i nā pāʻina a me nā ʻahaʻaina. Hoʻopiha ʻia ka ea i ka ʻala o nā mooncake hou i kālua ʻia, a hoʻonani ʻia nā alanui me nā kukui a me nā kukui kala, e hana ana i kahi ea ʻoliʻoli a hauʻoli.

ʻO ka Mid-Autumn Festival kahi ʻahaʻaina e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka nani o ka mahina piha, e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻohi ʻana, a e mahalo i ka hui o nā mea aloha. He manawa kēia e hoʻohanohano ai i nā kuʻuna a me nā moʻolelo i hoʻoili ʻia mai kēlā hanauna a i kēia hanauna a hana i nā hoʻomanaʻo hou e mālama ʻia no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Ma o ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mooncakes, ka paʻa ʻana i nā kukui a i ʻole ka haʻi hou ʻana i nā moʻolelo kahiko, ʻo ka Mid-Autumn Festival kahi manawa e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka waiwai o ka moʻomeheu Kina a me ka ʻuhane o ka lokahi.