I-Major Cold iphawula ixesha lokugqibela lelanga kwikhalenda yesintu yaseTshayina, iqukumbela uhambo olubandayo lwasebusika kwaye isebenza njengesiphelo sendalo kumjikelo wonyaka wexesha lonyaka. Kuyo yonke imimandla esemantla, ukubanda kufikelela kwincopho yayo enzulu, kunye nemimoya evuthuzayo edlula kwiilali kunye nekhephu elikhulu elinyukayo ngokwaneleyo ukuba ligubungele iindlela zeentaba, liqande imilambo enganzulu, kwaye liguqule amasimi avulekileyo abe ziindawo ezimhlophe ezikhazimlayo. Phakathi kwale meko imbi, iintyatyambo zeplum zibonakala njengezithunywa ezinesibindi zasebusika—zidubula ngokukhawuleza kwiqabaka nekhephu, amagqabi azo abomvu acacileyo ahluke kakhulu kwindawo engqongileyo emhlophe, edala imifanekiso emangalisayo yokuqina ekhuthaze abantu ixesha elide. Olu tshintsho lwendalo olumangalisayo lwalungaphezulu nje kwezinto zonyaka kuluntu lwamandulo; lwalusebenza njengezikhokelo ezisebenzayo zobomi bemihla ngemihla kunye nezicwangciso zezolimo. Abantu bafunda ukuziqhelanisa neemeko zobusika ezinzima, ukusuka ekuvaleni iifestile ukuya ekugcineni izinto, ngelixa belinde ngokuthula iimpawu ezibuthathaka zokuba intwasahlobo isendleleni.

Kwimimandla yezolimo, iMajor Cold yayingaphezulu kakhulu kunomhla okwikhalenda—yayiyisikhumbuzo esibalulekileyo sokukhusela izityalo ekubandeni okugqithisileyo. Abalimi babexhomekeke kwiindlela ezivavanyiweyo zokukhusela indlela yabo yokuphila: babesonga umququ kwiibhedi zezithole ukuze bavale ubushushu, begcina iinkozo ezivuniweyo kwiindawo zokugcina izityalo ezomileyo, ezigqunywe kakuhle ukuze baphephe umonakalo womkhenkce, kwaye bejonga umswakama womhlaba rhoqo ukuthintela iqabaka ukuba lingangeni nzulu emhlabeni. Oku kuthomalalisa ukulima kwaba lixesha elifanelekileyo lokulungiselela intwasahlobo—abalimi babehlela imbewu, belungisa amakhuba kunye neesikela, kwaye bade bavavanya umgangatho womhlaba ukuze badwelise amaxesha okutyala. Bakwajonga ngokusondeleyo ukuziphatha kwezilwanyana njengezalathisi zemozulu yendalo: ubusika obunzulu beebhere emiqolombeni, iintaka zihlangana ukuze zifudumale, kwanokunciphisa umsebenzi weempuku ezincinci konke oko kwaqinisa ukuqonda kweziganeko zonyaka, ukunceda uluntu luphile ngokuvumelana nemijikelo yendalo.

Amasiko esintu ngexesha leMajor Cold ajikeleza kubushushu, ukondla, kunye nonxibelelwano olusuka entliziyweni—olufanelekileyo ekugxotheni ubusika obubandayo. Iintsapho zihlangana ekhitshini ukuze zipheke izitya ezimnandi nezifudumezayo eziye zadluliselwa kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. Iisuphu eziphekiweyo kancinci ezinemifuno ethambileyo, inyama eyosiweyo egciniweyo ukususela ekwindla, kunye neekhekhe zerayisi ezithambileyo ezinambithekayo eziphekiweyo ngeembotyi ezimnandi zonke zizinto eziphambili etafileni. Oku kutya akupheleli nje ekulweni nomkhuhlane; kuphethe uphawu olufudumeleyo—olumela iminqweno yesivuno esikhulu, ubudlelwane obuqinileyo bentsapho, kunye nokuphela kobusika okumnandi. Kwezinye iindawo, amasiko amancinci okhokho bongeza ingqiqo yesithethe: iintsapho zibonelela ngokutya okwenziwe ekhaya kunye nempepho, zibonisa umbulelo ngeentsikelelo zangaphambili kwaye zithandazela ithamsanqa kunyaka olandelayo. Njengoko uMnyhadala weNtwasahlobo usondela, imeko yemibhiyozo nayo iyakhula—iintsapho ziqala ukucoca nzulu, zenze imihombiso ebomvu ngezandla, kwaye zitshintshiselana ngezipho ezincinci nabamelwane, ziguqula iintsuku zasebusika ezibandayo zibe ngamaxesha ovuyo nolindelo.

Ukugcinwa kwempilo ngexesha leMajor Cold kulandela ubulumko bemveli obudumileyo, obugxile ekulinganiseni umzimba nendawo ebandayo. Ukuzifudumeza ngokufanelekileyo yeyona nto iphambili—abantu babeka impahla ngokwesicwangciso, benika ingqalelo engakumbi ekukhuseleni intamo, izandla, neenyawo kwimimoya ehlabayo enokukhupha ubushushu bomzimba ngokukhawuleza. Ukutya kukwafumana uphuculo lwasebusika: izithako zokufudumeza ezifana nejinja, igalikhi, iidate ezibomvu, kunye neewolfberries zilukwa kwizidlo zemihla ngemihla, nokuba zifakwe iti, zongezwa kwiisuphu, okanye zityiwa ziluhlaza. Oku kutya kunceda ukukhulisa ubushushu bangaphakathi kwaye komeleze amajoni omzimba ukuzikhusela kwizifo zasebusika. Imisebenzi yomzimba ethambileyo nayo iyakhuthazwa—ukuhambahamba okufutshane elangeni lasemini, ukuzolula kancinci, okanye iintshukumo ze-tai chi ezithambileyo zikhuthaza ukujikeleza kwegazi ngaphandle kokucinezela umzimba. Ukulandela umzekelo wendalo, abantu basebenzisa iindlela zokuzilolonga: ukuya kulala kwangethuba ukuze baphumle ngokupheleleyo kwaye bavuke kamva ukuze baphephe ukubanda kwasekuseni, ukuvumela imizimba ivuseleleke phakathi kobusuku obude basebusika.

Iirekhodi zembali kunye nemisebenzi yoncwadi zizaliswe ziingxelo zeMajor Cold, zigxininisa ukubaluleka kwayo okunzulu kwenkcubeko. Imibongo neengxelo zakudala zibonisa imifanekiso ecacileyo yeendawo ezigqunywe yingqele, ubusuku obuzolileyo basebusika, kunye nokuqina okuzolileyo kwabantu abanyamezela ingqele ngelixa belinde intwasahlobo. Iingcali kunye nabalimi babhala phantsi izinto abazibonileyo ngeMajor Cold kangangeenkulungwane—babhala utshintsho lobushushu, ukukhula kwezityalo, kunye nokuziphatha kwezilwanyana kwimiqulu nakwiincwadi. Olu lwazi luqokelelweyo lwaba yintsika yobomi bemihla ngemihla, lunceda uluntu ukuba luphumelele ngokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nemingeni yokusingqongileyo. Nanamhlanje, ezi rekhodi zakudala zibonelela ngengqiqo ebalulekileyo kwiipateni zonyaka, zidibanisa ubulumko bangaphambili nokuqonda kwendalo kwanamhlanje.

Kule mihla, ingxolo yehlabathi malunga namagama angama-24 elanga iyaqhubeka ikhula, kwaye iMajor Cold ayifani nayo. Abaphandi bamazwe ngamazwe bafunda isiseko sesayensi sala magama, bedibanisa utshintsho lwexesha lonyaka kunye nemijikelo yezolimo, ukuguquguquka kwemozulu, kwanempilo yabantu. Amaziko enkcubeko kwihlabathi liphela aqhuba imiboniso, iiworkshops, kunye neziganeko ze-intanethi ukuze babelane ngamabali ekhalenda yemveli yaseTshayina, besazisa abaphulaphuli kwicala elisebenzayo neliyifilosofi lamagama elanga. Izizukulwana ezincinci eTshayina ziphinda ziqhagamshelane nala masiko ngeendlela ezintsha—babelana ngeeresiphi zexesha lonyaka kwimidiya yoluntu, bajoyina imicimbi yokudala enomxholo ojikeleze amagama elanga, kwaye badibanisa amasiko amadala neendlela zokuphila zanamhlanje. Umzekelo, abanye baguqula izidlo zasebusika zendabuko zibe zizinto ezithandwayo, ngelixa abanye bethwebula iividiyo ezimfutshane malunga namasiko eMajor Cold ukuze babelane ngawo kwi-intanethi, okwenza amasiko amandulo azive ematsha kwaye enxulumene.

Imibhiyozo yoluntu ngexesha leMajor Cold idlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuqiniseni ubudlelwane boluntu kunye nokudlulisela ilifa lezizukulwana ezahlukeneyo. Kwiilali zasemaphandleni, abemi baququzelela imisebenzi edibeneyo eyonwabisayo: iiseshoni zamaqela ukwenza izidlo zesintu, imiboniso yomculo wesintu kwiindawo zembutho, okanye imicimbi yokubalisa amabali apho abadala babelana ngamabali malunga nemvelaphi kaMajor Cold. La maxesha avumela abantwana ukuba bafunde kubantu abadala babo, ukugcina amasiko ephila. Kwizixeko, abantu bafuna amava asebusika anxulumene negama lelanga—ukujoyina amaqela ukuhambahamba ukuze bancome iintyatyambo zeplum kwikhephu, ukutyelela amaziko enkcubeko ukuze benze iindibano malunga nezenzo zempilo zemveli, okanye ukuya kwiindibano ze-potluck nabahlobo ukuze bonwabele ukutya okuthuthuzelayo ebusika. Ezi ziganeko azikhulisi nje kuphela imvakalelo yokuba yinxalenye kodwa zigcina nezithethe zenkcubeko ziphila kubomi banamhlanje obukhawulezayo.

Njengoko iMajor Cold iphela, iimpawu ezingabonakaliyo zentwasahlobo ziqala ukubonakala phakathi kwengqele. Iiyure zokukhanya kwemini zithatha ixesha elide imihla ngemihla, amahlumela amancinci akheka ngokuzolileyo kumasebe emithi, kwaye nomoya ulahlekelwa bubukhali bawo. Olu tshintsho luthambileyo lubonisa ifilosofi yendabuko yamaTshayina ye-yin ne-yang—ukubanda okugqithisileyo kubamba imbewu yobushushu, kwaye ubumnyama buvula indlela yokukhanya. Abantu baqala ukuziva benethemba elitsha njengoko bebona intwasahlobo isondela: bacoca iigadi, balungiselela iimbiza zezithole, kwaye benze izicwangciso zokuqala ezintsha. IMajor Cold iba yibhulorho phakathi kokuphela kobusika nokuqala kwentwasahlobo, ikhumbuza abantu ukuba ixesha ngalinye lokubanda lilandelwa kukukhula.

Umdla wehlabathi jikelele malunga neMajor Cold uvela kumyalezo wayo oqhelekileyo wokuphila ngokuvisisana nendalo. Ingcinga yokulungelelanisa ubomi bemihla ngemihla kunye neemeko zonyaka ivakala kuzo zonke iinkcubeko—nokuba kukulungisa ukutya ukuze kuhambelane nemozulu, ukunciphisa isantya ngexesha leenyanga ezibandayo, okanye ukuxabisa utshintsho lwendalo. NgeMajor Cold, abaphulaphuli bamazwe ngamazwe bafumana ukuqonda okunzulu malunga nobuwena benkcubeko yaseTshayina, kunye nobulumko obungapheliyo bokuziqhelanisa nehlabathi lendalo. Olu tshintshiselwano phakathi kweenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo lucebisa ukuqonda kwehlabathi ngendlela abantu abaqhagamshelana ngayo nokusingqongileyo, lugxininisa ixabiso lolwazi lwendabuko kuluntu lwanamhlanje. Sisikhumbuzo sokuba nokuba ubuchwepheshe buphucuke kangakanani na, imijikelo yendalo isabumba ubomi bethu.

I-Major Cold ayisiyonto nje yophawu lwexesha lonyaka—ngumsonto odibanisa ixesha elidlulileyo nelangoku, indalo nobomi bomntu. Amasiko ayo, izinto eziqwalaselweyo, kunye nezenzo zayo ziyaqhubeka nefuthe kwindlela uluntu oluziqhelanisa ngayo nobusika, lubhiyozela ukuqina, kwaye lulungiselela intwasahlobo. Njengoko ihlabathi liba lidibene ngakumbi, izifundo ze-Major Cold zivakala zibaluleke ngakumbi kunangaphambili: ukuhlonipha iingoma zendalo, ukuxabisa usapho kunye noluntu, kunye nokufumana uvuyo ngamaxesha alula asebusika. Yimibhiyozo yokunyamezela, ithemba, kunye nobuhle obuzolileyo beentsuku zokugqibela zasebusika ngaphambi kokuba kufike intwasahlobo.

Kwimimandla yezolimo, iMajor Cold yayilukhumbuzo olubalulekileyo lokukhusela izityalo ekubandeni okugqithisileyo. Abalimi babegquma izithole ngengca baze bagcina iinkozo ezivuniweyo kwiindawo ezomileyo nezifudumeleyo ukuthintela ukubanda. Baqala nokuceba ukutyala entwasahlobo, ukukhetha imbewu kunye nokulungisa izixhobo ngexesha lokuphumla kobusika. Ukuqwalaselwa kokuziphatha kwezilwanyana, njengokulala kakhulu kweebhere kunye nokusebenza okunciphileyo kweentaka, ukuqinisa ukuqonda kwesantya sonyaka, ukunceda uluntu luphile ngemvisiswano nendalo.

Amasiko esintu ngexesha leMajor Cold agxile ekufudumaleni, ekutyeni nasekunxibelelaneni. Iintsapho ziyahlangana ukuze zipheke izitya ezimnandi ezilwa nokubanda, njengeesuphu eziphekiweyo kancinci kunye nemifuno yeengcambu, inyama ecociweyo egcinwe ukususela ekwindla, kunye neekeyiki zerayisi ezinamathelayo eziphekiweyo ngezithako ezimnandi. Oku kutya akuniki nje amandla omzimba kodwa kukwaphethe intsingiselo efuziselayo, emele iminqweno yobuninzi kunye nobunye. Kwezinye iindawo, abantu babamba amasiko amancinci okuhlonipha ookhokho, benikela ngokutya kunye nempepho ukubonisa umbulelo kunye nokuthandazela isivuno esihle kunyaka ozayo. Njengoko uMnyhadala weNtwasahlobo usondela, amalungiselelo ayakhawuleza: iintsapho zicoca amakhaya, zenze imihombiso yemibhiyozo, kwaye zitshintshiselana ngezipho ukuze zamkele ukuqala okutsha.

Ukugcinwa kwempilo ngexesha leMajor Cold kulandela imigaqo yobulumko bendabuko baseTshayina, kugxininiswa ulungelelwano phakathi komzimba kunye nokusingqongileyo. Abantu babeka phambili ukugcina ubushushu, benxibe iimpahla ezifakwe amalaya ukukhusela intamo, izandla, kunye neenyawo kwimimoya ebuhlungu. Ukutya okufudumezayo okufana nejinja, igalikhi, kunye needethi ezibomvu kufakwa kwizidlo zemihla ngemihla ukukhulisa ubushushu bangaphakathi nokuqinisa amajoni omzimba. Imisebenzi yomzimba ethambileyo, njengokuhamba elangeni okanye ukuziqhelisa ukolula kancinci, kukhuthaza ukujikeleza kwegazi ngaphandle kokudinisa umzimba. Ukulandela imijikelo yendalo, abantu basebenzisa ixesha lokulala kwangethuba kunye neshedyuli yokunyuka kamva, okuvumela imizimba ukuba iphumle kwaye ivuseleleke ngexesha lobusuku obude, obubandayo.

Iirekhodi zembali kunye nemisebenzi yoncwadi zibonisa ukubaluleka okunzulu kwenkcubeko yeMajor Cold. Imibongo yamandulo kunye neencoko zichaza iindawo ezigqunywe yingqele kunye nokuqina okuzolileyo kobusika, zibamba iimvakalelo zabantu njengoko babenyamezela ukubanda kunye nokulinda intwasahlobo. Iingcali kunye nabalimi babhala phantsi ukubonwa kwexesha lelanga kwiinkulungwane, bephucula ukuqonda iipateni zonyaka kunye nempembelelo yazo kwezolimo. Olu lwazi luqokelelweyo lwaba sisiseko sobomi obuzinzileyo, luqinisekisa ukuba uluntu luyachuma ngokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nemingeni yokusingqongileyo.

Kule mihla, umdla wehlabathi kwiindlela ezingama-24 zelanga uye wanda kancinci. Abaphandi bamazwe ngamazwe bafunda isiseko sesayensi sala magama, bedibanisa utshintsho lwexesha lonyaka nemijikelo yezolimo kunye nokuguquguquka kwemozulu. Amaziko enkcubeko kwihlabathi liphela abamba imiboniso kunye neeworkshops ukwabelana ngolwazi lwekhalenda yemveli yaseTshayina, besazisa abaphulaphuli kwiinkalo ezisebenzayo nezefilosofi zamagama elanga. Izizukulwana ezincinci eTshayina ziphinda ziqhagamshelane nezi zithethe ngeendaba zoluntu, imicimbi yokudala, kunye nokutshintshiselana ngeeresiphi zexesha lonyaka, bedibanisa amasiko amadala neendlela zokuphila zanamhlanje.

Imibhiyozo yoluntu ngexesha leMajor Cold iqinisa ubudlelwane boluntu kunye nelifa lezizukulwana ezahlukeneyo. Iilali zasemaphandleni ziququzelela imisebenzi edibeneyo, njengokwenza izidlo zesintu kunye okanye ukubamba imiboniso yomculo wesintu, apho abantu abadala bafundisa abantwana ngamasiko kunye namabali angasemva kwexesha lelanga. Kwiindawo zasezidolophini, abantu bajoyina uhambo lwasebusika ukuze baxabise iintyatyambo zeplam kwikhephu, okanye batyelele amaziko enkcubeko ukuze bafunde ngezenzo zembali ezinxulumene neMajor Cold. Ezi ziganeko zikhuthaza ukuziva ungowakho kwaye ziqinisekisa ukuba amasiko enkcubeko ahlala ephila kwihlabathi lanamhlanje elikhawulezayo.

Njengoko uMkhuhlane Omkhulu usondela esiphelweni, kuvela iimpawu ezingabonakaliyo zentwasahlobo. Iiyure zokukhanya kwemini ziyanda, kwaye kuvela amahlumela amancinci kumasebe emithi, nto leyo ebonisa utshintsho oluvela kumakhaza anzulu ukuya kuhlumo olutsha. Olu tshintsho lubonisa ifilosofi yamaTshayina ye-yin kunye ne-yang, apho ubanda obugqithisileyo buqulathe imbewu yokufudumala nobomi. Abantu baqala ukuziva benethemba elitsha, belungiselela ukuqala okutsha kwaye betyala imbewu yethemba kunyaka ozayo.

Ukuthanda ukwazi ngeMajor Cold kwihlabathi liphela kuvela ekuthandekeni kwehlabathi lonke kokuphila ngokuvisisana nendalo. Ingcinga yokuvumelanisa ubomi bemihla ngemihla neempawu zonyaka ivakala kuzo zonke iinkcubeko, ikhuthaza abantu ukuba bamkele imikhwa enengqondo nezinzileyo. NgoMajor Cold, abaphulaphuli bamazwe ngamazwe bafumana ulwazi malunga nobuwena benkcubeko yaseTshayina, kunye nobulumko obungapheliyo bokuziqhelanisa nehlabathi lendalo. Olu tshintshiselwano phakathi kweenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo luphucula ukuqonda kwehlabathi lonke ngolwalamano lwabantu nokusingqongileyo, lugxininisa ixabiso lolwazi lwendabuko kuluntu lwanamhlanje.

I-Major Cold ayisiyonto nje yophawu lwexesha lonyaka; ingumsonto odibanisa ixesha elidlulileyo nelangoku, indalo kunye nobomi bomntu. Izithethe zayo, izinto eziqwalaselweyo, kunye nezenzo zayo ziyaqhubeka nokubumba indlela uluntu oluziqhelanisa ngayo nobusika, lubhiyozela ukuqina, kwaye lulungiselela intwasahlobo. Njengoko ihlabathi liba lidibene ngakumbi, izifundo ze-Major Cold zibonelela ngembono enentsingiselo yokuphila ngokulinganisela nomhlaba, zikhumbuza abantu ngobuhle nobulumko obufumaneka kwimijikelo yexesha lonyaka.