ʻO kaQixi Festival(Pākē: 七夕), i ʻike ʻia ʻo kaQiqiao Festival(Pake: 乞巧), he aʻahaʻaina Pākēe hoolaulea ana i ka halawai makahiki oke kaikamahine kahu bipi a ulana lolei lokomoolelo moolelo.Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina ma ka lā ʻehiku o ka mahina lunisolar ʻehiku ma kaKalena mahina.
ʻO ka moʻolelo nui he moʻolelo aloha ma waena o Zhinü (織女, ke kaikamahine ulana lole, e hōʻailona anaʻO Vega) a me Niulang (牛郎, ke kahu bipi, hōʻailonaAltair).He keiki makua ʻole ʻo Niulang i noho me kona kaikunāne a me kona kaikoʻeke.Hoʻomāinoino pinepine ʻia ʻo ia e kona kaikoʻeke.Ua kipaku lākou iā ia i waho o ka hale, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi iā ia he bipi kahiko wale nō.I kekahi lā, ʻōlelo koke maila ka bipi ʻelemakule, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana iā Niulang, e hele mai ana kahi moʻopuna, a ʻo ia ka mea ulana lani.Ua ʻōlelo ʻia e noho ka fairy ma ʻaneʻi inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻi i ka lani ma mua o ke kakahiaka.Ma muli o ka ʻōlelo a ka luahine bipi, ʻike akula ʻo Niulang i ka puʻukani uʻi a aloha iā ia, a laila male lāua.ʻO ka mōʻī o ka lani (玉皇大帝,lit.Ua ʻike ʻo 'The Jade Emperor') e pili ana i kēia a ua huhū ʻo ia, no laila ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i nā miniona e alakaʻi i ka mea ulana lani i ka lani.Ua ʻeha ka puʻuwai ʻo Niulang a ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e alualu iā lākou.Eia naʻe,ka Moiwahine makuahine o ke Komohanakahakii i ka muliwai kala (The Milky Way) i ka lewa a keakea i kona ala.I kēia manawa, ua hoʻoneʻe ke aloha ma waena o Niulang a me ka mea ulana lole, a ua kūkulu lāua i alahaka o nā magpies ma luna o ka muliwai kālā no lāua e hui ai.Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka Emepera o ka Lani i ka ʻike, a ua ʻae i kēia mau kāne e hui ma ka Magpie Bridge i hoʻokahi manawa i ka makahiki ma ka lā ʻehiku o ka mahina ʻehiku.ʻO ia ke kumu o ka Qixi Festival. Ua loaʻa ka ʻahaʻaina mai ka hoʻomana ʻana i ka ʻike kilokilo maoli.ʻO ia ka lā hānau o ke kaikuahine ʻehiku ma ke ʻano kuʻuna.Ua kapa ʻia ʻo "Qixi Festival" ma muli o ka hoʻomana ʻana i ke kaikuahine ʻehiku i mālama ʻia i ka pō ʻehiku o ka mahina ʻehiku.Ma ka liʻiliʻi, hoʻolauleʻa ka poʻe no ka moʻolelo aloha o nā mea aloha ʻelua, ʻo Zhinü lāua ʻo Niulang, ʻo ia ke kaikamahine ulana a me ka kahu bipi.Ka moolelo oKa kahu bipi a me ke kaikamahine ulana loleua hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ma ka Qixi Festival mai ka wā o kaʻohana aliʻi Han.
Ua kapa ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina ʻo kaʻAha ʻAhiku Kaulua,kaLā Valentine's Pākē, kaPo o ehiku, a i ʻole kaʻahaʻaina Magpie.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻAukake-04-2022
