ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Mid-Autumn, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka ʻAhaʻaina Mahina a i ʻole ka ʻAhaʻaina Zhongqiu, he ʻahaʻaina ʻohiʻohi kaulana i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia e ka poʻe Kina a me Vietnamese, mai 3000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei i ka hoʻomana mahina ma ka Shang Dynasty o Kina. Ua kapa mua ʻia ʻo Zhongqiu Jie ma ka Zhou Dynasty. Ma Malaysia, Singapore, a me Philippines, i kekahi manawa ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo ka Lantern Festival a i ʻole Mooncake Festival.

Mālama ʻia ka ʻAhaʻaina Mid-Autum ma ka lā 15^thʻO ka lā ʻewalu o ka mahina ma ka kalena lunar Kina, ʻo ia hoʻi i Kepakemapa a i ʻole ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻOkakopa ma ka kalena Gregorian. ʻO ia ka lā e like me ka equinox autumnal o ka kalena lā, i ka wā e piha ai ka mahina a puni loa. ʻO ka meaʻai kuʻuna o kēia ʻahaʻaina he mooncake, nona nā ʻano like ʻole.

ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Waena o ke Kauhā kekahi o nā lā hoʻomaha koʻikoʻi loa ma ka kalena Kina, ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻo ka Makahiki Hou Kina a me ka Solstice Hoʻoilo, a he lā hoʻomaha kū kānāwai ia ma kekahi mau ʻāina. Hoʻolauleʻa nā mahiʻai i ka hopena o ke kau ʻohiʻohi hāʻule ma kēia lā. Ma ke ʻano kuʻuna i kēia lā, e ʻākoakoa nā ʻohana Kina a me nā hoaaloha e mahalo i ka mahina ʻohiʻohi waena o ke kauhā, a ʻai pū i nā keke mahina a me nā pomelos ma lalo o ka mahina. E hele pū ana me ka ʻahaʻaina, aia nā loina moʻomeheu a ʻāpana paha, e like me:

Ke hāpai nei i nā ipukukui ʻālohilohi, e hoʻā ana i nā ipukukui ma luna o nā hale kiaʻi, nā ipukukui lani e lana ana,

Ke kuni ʻana i ka mea ʻala no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i nā akua e like me Chang'e

E kūkulu i ka ʻAhaʻaina o ka Mid-Autumn. ʻAʻole ia e pili ana i ke kanu ʻana i nā lāʻau akā ke kau ʻana i nā kukui ma luna o ka pou ʻohe a kau iā lākou ma kahi kiʻekiʻe, e like me nā hale, nā lāʻau, nā lanai, a pēlā aku. He mea maʻamau ia ma Guangzhou, Honghong, a pēlā aku.

Keke Mahina

Aia kekahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka keke mahina, i ka wā o ka Yuan Dynasty (AD1280-1368), ua noho aliʻi ʻia ʻo Kina e ka poʻe Mongolian. ʻAʻole hauʻoli nā alakaʻi o ka Sung dynasty ma mua (AD960-1280) i ka hoʻolohe ʻana i ke aupuni haole, a ua hoʻoholo lākou e ʻimi i kahi ala e hoʻonohonoho ai i ke kipi me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia. ʻO nā alakaʻi o ke kipi, i ka ʻike ʻana ua kokoke mai ka ʻAhaʻaina Mahina, ua kauoha lākou i ka hana ʻana i nā keke kūikawā. I loko o kēlā me kēia keke mahina he leka me ka hoʻolālā o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana. I ka pō o ka ʻAhaʻaina Mahina, ua hoʻopili maikaʻi nā kipi a hoʻokahuli i ke aupuni. I kēia lā, ʻai ʻia nā keke mahina e hoʻomanaʻo i kēia moʻolelo a ua kapa ʻia ʻo Mooncake.

No nā hanauna, ua hana ʻia nā mooncakes me nā mea ʻono o nā nati, nā pīni ʻulaʻula i kuʻi ʻia, ka pepa hua lotus a i ʻole nā ​​lā Kina, i kāʻei ʻia i loko o kahi pastry. I kekahi manawa hiki ke loaʻa kahi hua moa i moʻa ʻia i waenakonu o ka mea ʻono momona. Hoʻohālikelike ka poʻe i nā mooncakes i ka pudding plum a me nā keke hua i lawelawe ʻia i nā kau hoʻomaha Pelekane.

I kēia mau lā, aia he mau haneli ʻano mooncakes ma ke kūʻai aku i hoʻokahi mahina ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka Moon Festival.

Hoʻolauleʻa kā mākou hui i ka ʻAhaʻaina Waena o ke Kau ma ka hana ʻana i ka keke mahina a me ka hoʻonohonoho pua ikebana.