Aʻaina ahiahi hui hou(nián yè fàn) i ka Pōʻalima Hou kahi e ʻākoakoa ai nā lālā o ka ʻohana no kahi ʻahaʻaina. ʻO ka wahi maʻamau ma ka home o ka lālā kahiko loa o ka ʻohana a kokoke paha. He nui loa a ʻono ka ʻaina ahiahi o ka Pōʻalima Hou a ua hoʻokomo mau ʻia nā kīʻaha ʻiʻo (ʻo ia hoʻi, ka puaʻa a me ka moa) a me ka iʻa. Loaʻa pū kekahi i ka hapa nui o nā ʻaina ahiahi hui hou.kaiāulu ipu welaʻoiai ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia he hōʻailona ia o ka hui pū ʻana o nā ʻohana no ka ʻaina. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻaina ahiahi hui hou (ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā ʻāpana Hema) e hōʻike nui ana i nā ʻiʻo kūikawā (e like me nā ʻiʻo i hoʻōla ʻia me ka wax e like me ka duck a meSausage Kina) a me nā meaʻai kai (e.g.ʻōpaea meʻabalone) i mālama pinepine ʻia no kēia a me nā hanana kūikawā ʻē aʻe i ke koena o ka makahiki. Ma ka hapa nui o nā wahi, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka iʻa (鱼; 魚; yú), akā ʻaʻole i ʻai piha ʻia (a mālama ʻia ke koena i ka pō), e like me ka ʻōlelo Kina "e loaʻa nā keu i kēlā me kēia makahiki" (年年有余; 年年有餘; niánnián yǒu yú) e like me ke kani ʻana me "e loaʻa ka iʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki." ʻEwalu mau kīʻaha pākahi e lawelawe ʻia e hōʻike i ka manaʻoʻiʻo o ka pōmaikaʻi e pili ana i ka helu. Inā i ka makahiki i hala ua make ka ʻohana, ʻehiku mau kīʻaha e lawelawe ʻia.
ʻO nā meaʻai kuʻuna ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi nā noodles, nā huaʻai, nā dumplings, nā ʻōwili puna, a me nā Tangyuan i ʻike ʻia hoʻi he mau pōpō laiki momona. ʻO kēlā me kēia kīʻaha i lawelawe ʻia i ka wā Makahiki Hou Kina e hōʻike ana i kahi mea kūikawā. ʻO nā noodles i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā noodles lōʻihi he mau noodles palaoa lōʻihi loa ia. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o kēia mau noodles ma mua o nā noodles maʻamau i palai pinepine ʻia a lawelawe ʻia ma kahi pā, a i ʻole i hoʻolapalapa ʻia a lawelawe ʻia i loko o kahi pola me kona wai. Hōʻike nā noodles i ka makemake no ke ola lōʻihi. ʻO nā hua i koho pinepine ʻia he mau ʻalani, nā tangerine, a menā pomeloʻoiai he poepoe lākou a he kala "gula" e hōʻike ana i ka piha a me ka waiwai. ʻO ko lākou leo laki ke ʻōlelo ʻia e lawe mai i ka laki maikaʻi a me ka pōmaikaʻi. ʻO ka puana ʻana o ka ʻalani Kina ʻo 橙 (chéng), kahi kani like me ka ʻōlelo Kina no ka 'holomua' (成). ʻO kekahi o nā ala e pela ai i ka tangerine (桔 jú) aia ka huaʻōlelo Kina no ka laki (吉 jí). Ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ʻo Pomelos e lawe mai i ka pōmaikaʻi mau. ʻO Pomelo ma ka ʻōlelo Kina (柚 yòu) kani like me 'to have' (有 yǒu), me ka nānā ʻole i kona leo, akā naʻe kani like ia me 'again' (又 yòu). Hōʻailona nā dumplings a me nā ʻōwili puna i ka waiwai, ʻoiai ʻo nā pōpō laiki ʻono e hōʻike ana i ka hui pū ʻana o ka ʻohana.
Nā ʻeke ʻulaʻulano ka ʻohana pili i kekahi manawa e hāʻawi ʻia i ka wā ʻaina ahiahi hui hou. Loaʻa i kēia mau ʻeke ke kālā i kahi nui e hōʻike ana i ka laki maikaʻi a me ka hanohano. ʻAi ʻia kekahi mau meaʻai e hoʻolauna i ka waiwai, ka hauʻoli, a me ka pōmaikaʻi. He nui o nāMeaʻai KinaHe homophones nā inoa no nā huaʻōlelo e manaʻo ana hoʻi i nā mea maikaʻi.
He nui nā ʻohana ma Kina e hahai mau nei i ke kuʻuna o ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai mea kanu wale nō i ka lā mua o ka Makahiki Hou, no ka mea, ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ʻo ka hana ʻana pēlā e lawe mai i ka laki i ko lākou ola no ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa.
E like me nā kīʻaha Makahiki Hou ʻē aʻe, lawe kekahi mau meaʻai i ke kūlana koʻikoʻi ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe no ka mea he like nā inoa o kēia mau meaʻai me ka pōmaikaʻi, ka laki maikaʻi, a i ʻole ka helu ʻana i ke kālā.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Ian-13-2023
