Umkhosi wenyanga ye-Autumn Customs and Traditional Foods
Kuyini iTsukimi noma i-O-tsukimi?
Ukubukwa kwenyanga yaseJapane kuJapan kubanjwa phakathi kwekwindla futhi kuthiwa yiTsukimi noma i-O-tsukimi (igama elihloniphekile). Kubizwa nangokuthi uMkhosi Wokuvuna Ngenyanga noma iMid-Autumn Festival. Kugujwa kabanzi kulo lonke elaseJapane.
Kuthiwa umkhuba wokubuka inyanga kaTsukimi wenziwa kuqala eJapan ngeChina, ngesikhathi se-Heian. I-Tsukimi iyenzeka ngo-Agasti 15 wekhalendenda yenyanga, futhi ibizwa nangokuthi yiJugoya, ngesiJapane, okusho ukuthi ubusuku bo-15.
I-Jugoya ekhalendeni yelanga ishintsha njalo ngonyaka kodwa ngokuvamile iwela ngoSepthemba noma ngo-Okthoba. Inyanga kuJugoya ayigcwele njalo, kodwa kuthiwa inyanga kulobu busuku yiyona ekhanyayo futhi enhle kunayo yonke yonyaka.
I-Tsukimi igujwa kanjani?
AmaJapane agubha iTsukimi ngendlela ethule futhi enhle, nakuba lokhu kwakungenjalo ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kuze kube yisikhathi seMeiji (ngo-1868 AD), uTsukimi kwakuyisikhathi sokugubha namaqembu aphela kuze kube kusihlwa, kodwa lokhu kwaguqulwa ukuze umkhosi wenyanga ube ngumkhosi omkhulu.
Nakuba sekukholelwa ukuthi umkhosi wokuvuna wenyanga ka-ekwindla uvela phakathi nesikhathi sikaNara (710 - 794 AD), kwakungakaze kube yisikhathi se-Heian (794 kuya ku-1185 AD) ngenkathi ithola ukuthandwa futhi abahloniphekile babezohamba emanzini izikebhe ukuze zijabule ukucabangela kwenyanga okuhle emanzini. Amanye amasiko ahilelekile ekufundeni izinkondlo ze-tanka (okufana ne-Japanese haiku) ngaphansi kokukhanya kwenyanga.
Eminye imikhuba yendabuko ihlanganisa ukuveza utshwala (pampas utshani) oluvame ukuba ludumo (futhi lude kakhulu) ekwindla, noma ezinye izimbali ezisekwindla ehlotshiswe emgodini womuntu, noma eduze nendawo lapho ukubukwa kwenyanga kwenzeka khona.
Iziphi Izidlo Ezithokozile Ngesikhathi SesiTsukimi?
Ukudla kwendabuko okuhlotshaniswa neTsukimi kuthiwa yi-tsukimi dango , noma ama-dumplings amancane ayenziwe ngelayisi.
Kodwa-ke, ngokungafani namanye amadayisi elayisi avame ukuhanjiswa ama-skewered futhi anomnandi nge-sauce enomnandi futhi enomsoco afana ne- teriyaki , i-tsukimi dango iyinto ecacile, futhi ihlanganiswe ibe yilungiselelo elihle esitokisini. I-tsukimi dango ngokuvamile iboniswa e-altare ukumela umnikelo wenyanga.
Okunye ukudla okuhlotshaniswa neTsukimi kubandakanya ama-chestnuts, awaziwa ngokuthi "kuri" ngesiJapane, ne-taro, eyaziwa ngokuthi "sato imo", ngesiJapane, kanye ne- kabocha (ithanga laseJapane).
Nakhu okuncane kakhulu okuphathelene negama lesiJapane elithi "tsukimi". Ibuye isetshenziselwe ukudla kwaseJapane ukubhekisela kokudla okukhethekile okugqamisa iqanda eliluhlaza noma iqanda elilula kakhulu ngoba iqanda eliphukile lifana nenyanga egcwele. Isibonelo, i- tsukimi soba (i-noodle encane ye-buckwheat no-tsukimi udon) (ama-noodle ama-wheat) angokweziko zendabuko zaseJapane ezishisayo emgqeni, ezenziwe ngeqanda. Nakuba lezi zitsha zingabhekwa njengokudla kwendabuko yaseJapane yokubukwa kwenyanga noma umkhosi we-Harvest Moon.