Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ka ʻAhaʻaina Lantern ma ka lā 15 o ka mahina lunar Kina mua, a hoʻopau maʻamau i ka wā Makahiki Hou Kina. He hanana kūikawā ia e komo pū ana me nā hōʻikeʻike kukui, nā meaʻai māmā maoli, nā pāʻani a nā keiki a me nā hana, a pēlā aku.
Hiki ke hoʻi ʻia ka ʻAhaʻaina Kukui i 2,000 mau makahiki i hala. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220), he mea kākoʻo ʻo Emperor Hanmingdi i ka Buddhism. Ua lohe ʻo ia ua hoʻā kekahi mau mōneka i nā kukui i loko o nā luakini e hōʻike i ka mahalo iā Buddha ma ka lā ʻumikūmālima o ka mahina mua. No laila, ua kauoha ʻo ia e hoʻā nā luakini, nā ʻohana, a me nā hale aliʻi i nā kukui i kēlā ahiahi. Ua lilo mālie kēia ʻano Buddhist i ʻahaʻaina nui i waena o nā kānaka.
Wahi a nā loina kuʻuna like ʻole o Kina, hui pū ka poʻe i ka pō o ka ʻAhaʻaina Kukui e hoʻolauleʻa me nā hana like ʻole. Pule ka poʻe no ka ʻohi maikaʻi a me ka pōmaikaʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻOiai he ʻāina nui ʻo Kina me ka mōʻaukala lōʻihi a me nā moʻomeheu like ʻole, ʻokoʻa nā loina a me nā hana o ka Lantern Festival ma kēlā me kēia ʻāina, me ke kukui ʻana a me ka hauʻoli ʻana i nā ipukukui (lana, paʻa, paʻa, a lele), ka mahalo ʻana i ka mahina piha mālamalama, ke kau ʻana i nā pōkā ahi, ka kuhi ʻana i nā nane i kākau ʻia ma nā ipukukui, ka ʻai ʻana i ka tangyuan, nā hula liona, nā hula deragona, a me ka hele wāwae ʻana ma luna o nā pou lāʻau.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Aug-17-2017
