I ka mae ʻana o ka wela o ke kauwela a me ka ea e ʻoluʻolu, ua piha ka manaʻo o ka manaʻolana i nā puʻuwai o nā miliona a puni ka honua. No nā kaiāulu Kina a me nā mea hoihoi moʻomeheu a puni ka honua, ʻo kēia manawa o ka makahiki ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka Mid-Autumn Festival—he lā hoʻomaha i piha i ka mōʻaukala, ka hōʻailona, a me ke kuko o ke ao holoʻokoʻa no ka pilina. Ua ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka Moon Festival a i ʻole Zhongqiu Jie ma Mandarin, hāʻule ia i ka lā 15 o ka mahina ʻewalu o ka mahina, i ka wā e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ai ka mahina i kona poepoe loa, ʻālohilohi loa, a me ka mālamalama loa. Hana kēia hanana lani ma ke ʻano he hoʻohālikelike ikaika no ka piha, ka hui hou ʻana o ka ʻohana, a me nā pilina paʻa e ʻoi aku ana ma mua o ka mamao. ʻOi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi lā hoʻomaha, ʻo ka Mid-Autumn Festival kahi kuʻuna ola, e ulana pū ana i nā moʻolelo kahiko, nā aʻa mahiʻai, a me nā ʻahaʻaina hou i loko o kahi lole e hoʻohanohano ana i ka wā i hala me ka ʻapo ʻana i kēia manawa.
Nā Kumu: Nā Moʻolelo Kaʻao, nā ʻOhiʻohi, a me nā Aʻa Kahiko
Ua hoʻi aku ke kumu o ka ʻAhaʻaina Waena o ke Kau i nā makahiki he 3,000, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma nā hana mahiʻai kūpono a me nā moʻolelo olaola. Hiki ke loaʻa kona mau kaha mua loa ma ka Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BCE), i ka wā i mālama ai nā kaiāulu Kina kahiko i nā ʻaha e hoʻomana i ka mahina. ʻAʻole e like me nā ʻahaʻaina hoʻolauleʻa o kēia wā, he mau hana koʻikoʻi kēia mau hana mua, e kālele ana i ka mahalo i ke akua o ka mahina no ka ʻohi nui ʻana. Ua manaʻoʻiʻo nā mahiʻai ua hoʻoikaika nā pōʻaiapuni o ka mahina i ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu—ʻo kona ʻālohilohi mālie e alakaʻi ana i ka hoʻoinu ʻana i ka pō a me kona mau pae e hōʻike ana i ka manawa kūpono e kanu ai a ʻohi ai. ʻO ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka mahina ʻaʻole wale ia he hana ʻuhane akā he ala e hōʻoia ai i ka pōmaikaʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e hoʻopaʻa pono ana i ka ʻahaʻaina i nā mele o ke ʻano.
I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ua hui pū kēia mau hana mahiʻai me nā moʻolelo kahiko a me nā moʻolelo kaʻao, e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻahaʻaina i kona ʻano moʻolelo waiwai. ʻO ka mea kaulana loa o kēia mau moʻolelo ka moʻolelo o Chang'e, ke Akua Wahine o ka Mahina, kahi moʻolelo i hoʻoili ʻia i nā hanauna a ke noho nei i waenakonu o nā hoʻolauleʻa Mid-Autumn i kēia lā. Wahi a ke kaʻao, ʻo Chang'e ka wahine a Hou Yi, he kanaka pana pua akamai. I ka wā kahiko, ua piʻi pū nā lā he ʻumi ma ka lewa, e hoʻomehana ana i ka honua a hoʻoweliweli i ke kanaka me ka maloʻo. Ua pana ʻo Hou Yi i ʻeiwa o nā lā, e hoʻopakele ana i ke ao nei, a ua uku ʻia me kahi elixir o ke ola mau loa. Ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka elixir iā Chang'e no ka mālama ʻana, e kuhikuhi ana iā ia ʻaʻole e inu. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻāʻo kekahi hoaaloha makeʻe o Hou Yi e ʻaihue i ka elixir i kona wā e hele ana. No ka pale ʻana, ua inu ʻo Chang'e i ka elixir iā ia iho a lana i luna i ka mahina, kahi āna i noho ai mai ia manawa mai, me kahi lāpaki jade wale nō. I kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka ʻAhaʻaina Waena o ke Kau, nānā ka poʻe i ka mahina, me ka manaʻolana e ʻike iki iā Chang'e a me kāna lāpaki, a hoʻouna i ko lākou mau makemake no ka hui hou ʻana a me ka hauʻoli i nā mea aloha kokoke a mamao.
ʻO kekahi kanaka koʻikoʻi i ka moʻolelo o Mid-Autumn ʻo Wu Gang, he mea ʻoki lāʻau i hoʻopaʻi ʻia e nā akua e kua i lalo i kahi lāʻau osmanthus make ʻole ma ka mahina. ʻOiai pehea ka paʻakikī o kāna ʻoki ʻana, ho'ōla ka lāʻau iā ia iho i ka pō, e hoʻopaʻi ana iā ia i kahi hana mau loa. Ua lilo ka lāʻau osmanthus i hōʻailona o ka ʻahaʻaina—ʻo kona mau pua ʻala ʻono i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā mea ʻono kuʻuna a me nā kī, a me kona kiʻi e hoʻonani ana i nā kukui a me nā mea hoʻonaninani. I ka hui pū ʻana, hoʻohui nā moʻolelo o Chang'e lāua ʻo Wu Gang i ka hohonu a me ke kilokilo i ka ʻahaʻaina, e hoʻololi ana i kahi ʻahaʻaina hōʻiliʻili maʻalahi i mea moʻomeheu waiwai me ka manaʻo a me ke ʻano.
Ka Hoʻomohala ʻana o kahi ʻAhaʻaina: Mai nā Hana Kuʻuna Imperial a i nā Hoʻolauleʻa Honua
ʻOiai ua kahiko ke kumu o ka Mid-Autumn Festival, ua loli kona ʻano hou i nā kenekulia, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia e nā loli dynastic, nā loli kaiāulu, a me ka hoʻololi moʻomeheu. I ka wā o ka Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE), ua hoʻomaka ka ʻahaʻaina e lilo i ʻano ʻoliʻoli. Ua mālama nā ʻohana aliʻi i nā ʻahaʻaina nui ma lalo o ka mahina, kahi i haku ai nā haku mele i nā paukū e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka nani o ka mahina, a hoʻokani nā mea hoʻokani pila i nā mele kuʻuna. Ua hui pū nā kānaka maʻamau, e ʻākoakoa ana me ka ʻohana e kaʻana like i nā meaʻai, e lele i nā kukui, a mahalo i ka mahina. I loko o kēia wā i hoʻomaka ai nā mooncakes—ʻo ia ka meaʻai kaulana loa o ka ʻahaʻaina—e pili ana i ka ʻahaʻaina, ʻoiai i ka wā mua he mau pastries maʻalahi i piha i nā pīni momona a i ʻole ka pepa hua lotus.
ʻO ka Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE) kahi manawa hoʻololi no ka Mid-Autumn Festival, i lilo ai ia i lā hoʻomaha kūhelu. Ua ulu ka kaulana o nā mooncakes, a ua hoʻomaka lākou e hana ʻia i nā ʻano a me nā ʻono ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī, i hoʻopaʻa pinepine ʻia me nā hoʻolālā o ka mahina, Chang'e, a i ʻole nā pua osmanthus. Ua lilo pū nā kukui i ʻāpana waena o nā ʻahaʻaina—i hana ʻia me ke ʻano o nā holoholona, nā pua, a me nā mea ola moʻolelo, ua hoʻomālamalama ʻia a lawe ʻia ma nā alanui, e hoʻolilo ana i nā pō i moana o ke kukui. Ua ʻike pū ʻia kēia au i ka piʻi ʻana o nā "pāʻina nānā mahina," kahi e ʻākoakoa ai nā haumāna a me nā mea pena kiʻi i nā māla, inu waina, a kūkākūkā i ka ʻike akeakamai me ka nānā ʻana i ka mahina. Ua kōkua kēia mau ʻaha i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka kaulana o ka ʻahaʻaina ma ke ʻano he manawa no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana, ka hana noʻeau, a me ka hoʻololi noʻonoʻo.
Ma o nā Mōʻī Ming (1368–1644 CE) a me Qing (1644–1912 CE), ua lilo ka ʻAhaʻaina Mid-Autumn i kuʻuna aloha ʻia ma waena o nā papa kaiaulu āpau. Ua ulu hou aʻe nā Mooncakes, me ka hoʻolauna ʻana o nā yolks hua manu paʻakai ma waenakonu—e hōʻike ana i ka mahina piha—a me nā ʻano hoʻopihapiha like ʻole, me ka pīni ʻulaʻula, ka hua lotus, a me nā koho ʻono e like me ka ham. Ua lilo pū ka ʻahaʻaina i manawa no ka hāʻawi makana, ʻoiai ua hoʻololi nā kānaka i nā mooncakes a me nā huaʻai me nā hoaaloha, ka ʻohana, a me nā hoa hana ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o ka lokomaikaʻi. Ma kekahi mau ʻāina, ua puka mai nā loina kūikawā: ma ka Panalāʻau ʻo Guangdong, no ka laʻana, ua mālama nā kānaka i nā hanana "nane kukui", kahi i kākau ʻia ai nā nane ma nā kukui, a ʻo ka poʻe i hoʻoponopono iā lākou ua lanakila i nā makana liʻiliʻi. Ma ka Panalāʻau ʻo Fujian, ua lele nā ʻohana i nā kukui lani, e kākau ana i ko lākou makemake ma nā kukui ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana iā lākou i ka lewa pō, kahi i lana ai lākou i luna e like me nā hōkū liʻiliʻi.
I nā kenekulia 20 a me 21, ua ʻoi aku ka ʻahaʻaina waena o ke kau ma mua o kona kumu Kina a lilo i ʻahaʻaina honua. I ka laha ʻana o nā kaiāulu Kina ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa—mai Singapore a me Malaysia a i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻEulopa—ua lawe mai lākou i ka ʻahaʻaina me lākou, e hoʻololi ana i nā moʻomeheu kūloko me ka mālama ʻana i kāna mau kuʻuna koʻikoʻi. Ma nā kūlanakauhale e like me New York, Lākana, a me Sydney, hōʻike nā hanana lehulehu o Mid-Autumn i nā hula deragona, nā hōʻike liona, nā hōʻike kukui, a me nā hale kūʻai meaʻai e kūʻai aku ana i nā mooncakes a me nā mea ʻono Kina ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole wale kēia mau ʻahaʻaina e hoʻohui i nā kaiāulu Kina akā e hoʻolauna pū i ka nani a me ke ʻano o ka ʻahaʻaina i nā poʻe o nā ʻano like ʻole, e hānai ana i ka ʻike a me ka mahalo i nā moʻomeheu like ʻole.
Nā Hoʻolauleʻa Hou: Hoʻohanohano i ke Kuʻuna i kahi Honua e Loli Ana
I kēia lā, ʻo ka Mid-Autumn Festival ka manawa e hui hou ai ka ʻohana, ʻoiai ua hoʻohui ke ola hou i nā ʻano hou i nā kuʻuna kahiko. No nā poʻe he nui, hoʻomaka ka ʻahaʻaina me kahi pāʻina ʻohana - kahi ʻahaʻaina o nā kīʻaha kuʻuna e like me ka ʻiole kālua, ka puaʻa i hoʻomoʻa ʻia, a me ka ʻōpae wai maʻemaʻe, e hōʻike ana i ka nui a me ka pōmaikaʻi. Ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, ʻākoakoa nā ʻohana ma waho (a i ʻole ma ka puka makani, inā maikaʻi ʻole ke aniau) e mahalo i ka mahina piha, pinepine i ka ʻai ʻana i nā mooncakes a me ka inu ʻana i ka waina osmanthus a i ʻole ke kī. ʻO nā mooncakes, ma ke ʻano kūikawā, ua ulu a kūpono i nā ʻono o kēia wā: ʻoiai nā ʻono maʻamau e like me ka hua lotus a me ka pīni ʻulaʻula e kaulana mau nei, aia i kēia manawa nā mooncakes "hou" i piha i ke kokoleka, ka ʻaikalima, matcha, a i ʻole ka caramel paʻakai. Hāʻawi pū kekahi mau hale bakena i nā mooncakes "olakino", i hana ʻia me nā hoʻopiha haʻahaʻa-kō a i ʻole nā ʻōpala palaoa piha, e lawelawe ana i nā mea kūʻai aku e noʻonoʻo ana i ke olakino.
ʻO nā ipukukui kekahi hōʻailona mau loa o ka ʻahaʻaina, ʻoiai ua loli ko lākou hoʻolālā me nā manawa. ʻO nā ipukukui pepa kuʻuna, i pena lima pinepine ʻia me nā hiʻohiʻona mai ka moʻolelo Kina, ua kaulana mau, akā i kēia manawa ke kaʻana like nei lākou i ke kukui me nā ipukukui LED—ʻālohilohi, kala, a mālama pono i ka ikehu. Ma kekahi mau kūlanakauhale, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā hōʻike ipukukui nui ma nā paka a i ʻole nā kahua lehulehu, e huki ana i nā lehulehu o nā malihini. ʻO kekahi o nā hōʻike kaulana loa ma Victoria Park ma Hong Kong, kahi e hoʻomālamalama ai nā tausani o nā ipukukui (me kahi ipukukui nui i like me ke ʻano o ka mahina) i ka lani pō, e hana ana i kahi lewa kilokilo.
No nā hanauna ʻōpio, ʻo ka Mid-Autumn Festival kekahi manawa no ka leʻaleʻa a me ka launa pū ʻana. Hoʻonohonoho ka poʻe ʻōpio he nui i nā "pāʻina nānā mahina" me nā hoaaloha, kahi a lākou e pāʻani ai i nā pāʻani, lawe kiʻi me nā kukui, a kaʻana like i nā mooncakes. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻokani ka pāpili kaiapili i kahi kuleana i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana o ka ʻahaʻaina: hoʻolaha ka poʻe i nā kiʻi o kā lākou ʻaina ahiahi ʻohana, nā hōʻike kukui, a i ʻole nā mooncakes ma nā kahua e like me WeChat, Instagram, a me TikTok, e kaʻana like ana i ko lākou hauʻoli me nā hoaaloha a me nā mea hahai a puni ka honua. Ua lele pū kekahi mau lama ma ka bandwagon Mid-Autumn, e hoʻokuʻu ana i nā mooncakes paʻi palena a i ʻole e hana pū me nā mea pena kiʻi e hana i nā hoʻolālā kukui kū hoʻokahi, e hoʻohui ana i nā kuʻuna me ke kūʻai aku ʻana o kēia wā.
ʻOiai kēia mau hoʻololi hou, ʻaʻole i loli ke ʻano nui o ka Mid-Autumn Festival: he hoʻolauleʻa ia no ka lokahi, ka mahalo, a me ka manaʻolana. I loko o kahi honua kahi i hoʻokaʻawale pinepine ʻia ai nā kānaka e ka mamao, ka hana, a i ʻole nā papa hana paʻahana, hoʻomanaʻo mai ka ʻahaʻaina iā mākou i ke koʻikoʻi o ka lohi ʻana, ka hoʻopili ʻana me nā mea aloha, a me ka mahalo i nā hauʻoli maʻalahi o ke ola. Inā ʻoe e ʻākoakoa ana a puni kahi papa ʻaina me ka ʻohana, e mahalo ana i nā kukui i loko o kahi paka, a i ʻole e hoʻouna ana i kahi mooncake i kahi hoaaloha mamao loa, ʻo ka Mid-Autumn Festival kahi manawa e hoʻohanohano ai i ka wā i hala, e mālama i kēia manawa, a e nānā i mua i kahi wā e hiki mai ana piha i ka hauʻoli a me ka hui hou ʻana.
Hopena: He ʻahaʻaina no nā kau āpau
ʻOi aku ka ʻahaʻaina Mid-Autumn ma mua o kahi lā hoʻomaha wale nō—he waiwai moʻomeheu ia, he hōʻike i ka mana mau o ke kuʻuna, a he hoʻolauleʻa i ka makemake o ke kanaka no ka pilina. Mai kona hoʻomaka haʻahaʻa ma ke ʻano he hana mahiʻai ma Kina kahiko a hiki i kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he hoʻolauleʻa honua, ua ulu ka ʻahaʻaina me nā manawa, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i nalowale ka ʻike i kona mau waiwai koʻikoʻi: ka ʻohana, ka mahalo, a me ka nani o ka mahina.
I ko mākou nānā ʻana i ka mahina piha i ka lā 15 o ka mahina ʻewalu o ka mahina, ʻaʻole mākou e mahalo wale ana i kahi kino lani—ke komo nei mākou i kahi kuʻuna 3,000 makahiki, he kaulahao o nā hoʻomanaʻo a me nā ʻahaʻaina e hoʻopili ai iā mākou i ko mākou mau kūpuna a me kekahi i kekahi. Manaʻo mākou iā Chang'e a me kona home mehameha ma ka mahina, iā Wu Gang a me kāna hana mau loa, i nā mahiʻai e hoʻomaikaʻi ana no ka ʻohi maikaʻi, a me nā ʻohana e hui hou ana ma hope o nā mahina o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana. I kēlā manawa, he ʻāpana mākou a pau o kahi mea nui aʻe ma mua o mākou iho—he kaiāulu honua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā moʻolelo i kaʻana like ʻia, nā kuʻuna i kaʻana like ʻia, a me nā manaʻolana i kaʻana like ʻia.
No laila, i kēia ʻAhaʻaina Waena o ke Kau, e hoʻomaha iki. E ʻai i kahi keke mahina, e hoʻā i kahi ipukukui, a e nānā i luna i ka mahina. E hoʻouna i kahi makemake i kahi mea aloha, a i ʻole e noho mālie a mahalo i ka nani o ka pō. I ka hana ʻana pēlā, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻolauleʻa wale ana i kahi ʻahaʻaina—ke mālama nei ʻoe i kahi kuʻuna, kahi e hoʻomau i ka ʻālohilohi, e like me ka mahina piha, no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Sep-30-2025