I-Summer Solstice inosuku olude kakhulu nobusuku obufushane kakhulu onyakeni, kanti okuphambene nalokho kuyiqiniso nge-Winter Solstice.
UMkhosi We-Winter Solstice Eminyakeni eyi-2500 eyedlule, cishe ngesikhathi seNtwasahlobo kanye neNkathi Yokwindla (770-476 BC), iShayina yayisithole indawo ye-Winter Solstice ngokubuka ukunyakaza kwelanga nge-sundial. Iyindawo yokuqala kwezindawo ezingu-24 zokuhlukanisa ngezikhathi ezithile zonyaka.
Ngemva kwalolu suku, izindawo eziningi eShayina zidlula enkathini ebanda kakhulu, ebizwa ngesiShayina ngokuthi “iShu Jiu”. Sekukonke, kunezikhathi eziyisishiyagalolunye ezinezinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye ngayinye. Ezinsukwini zokuqala nezesibili eziyisishiyagalolunye, abantu bagcina izandla zabo emaphaketheni; ezinsukwini zesithathu nezesine eziyisishiyagalolunye, abantu bangahamba eqhweni; ezinsukwini zesihlanu nezesithupha ezinhle, abantu bangabona imifula eceleni komfula; ezinsukwini zesikhombisa nezesishiyagalombili eziyisishiyagalolunye, inkumbi iyabuya futhi ezinsukwini zesishiyagalolunye eziyisishiyagalolunye, i-yak iqala ukusebenza.
Uma kufika i-Winter Solstice, ingabe uMkhosi WaseNtwasahlobo ungaba semuva kakhulu?
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Disemba-21-2021
