ʻO ka Malu Pepa ʻAila

ʻO ka ʻupena pepa ʻaila kekahi o nā mea kuʻuna kahiko loa o ka poʻe Han Kina a ua laha aku i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ʻAsia e like me Korea, Vietnam, Thailand a me Iapana, kahi i hoʻomohala ai i nā ʻano kūloko.

Ma nā male kuʻuna Kina, i ka wā e iho ai ka wahine mare mai luna o ka noho sedan, e hoʻohana ka mea hoʻopili i kahi ʻumbrella pepa ʻaila ʻulaʻula e uhi i ka wahine mare e pale aku i nā ʻuhane ʻino. Ma muli o ka hoʻohuli ʻia e Kina, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻumbrella pepa ʻaila i nā male kahiko ma Iapana a me Ryukyu.

Makemake ka poʻe ʻelemakule i nā umbrellas poni, ka mea e hōʻike ana i ke ola lōʻihi, a hoʻohana ʻia nā umbrellas keʻokeʻo no nā hoʻolewa.

I nā ʻahaʻaina hoʻomana, he mea maʻamau nō hoʻi ka ʻike ʻana i nā umbrellas pepa ʻaila i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau malu ma ka mikoshi (hale hoʻāno lawe lima), he hōʻailona ia o ka hemolele a me ka pale ʻana mai ka lā a me ka ua, a me ka pale ʻana mai nā ʻuhane ʻino.

I kēia mau lā, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā umbrellas i hoʻohana ʻia i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā he mau umbrellas haole, a kūʻai nui ʻia lākou ma ke ʻano he hana noʻeau a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo no nā mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO ke kaʻina hana umbrella pepa ʻaila kuʻuna ma Jiangnan kekahi e hōʻike ana i ka umbrella pepa ʻaila. ʻO Fenshui Oil Paper Umbrella Factory wale nō ka mea hana umbrella pepa i koe ma Kina e mālama nei i ka hana kuʻuna o ka ʻaila tung a me ka paʻi pōhaku, a ʻo ke ʻano hana kuʻuna o Fenshui Oil Paper Umbrella ua manaʻo ʻia e nā loea he "fossil ola o ke kiʻi umbrella kuʻuna Kina" a ʻo ia wale nō ka "hoʻoilina moʻomeheu ʻike ʻole ʻia o ka lāhui" i ka ʻoihana umbrella pepa ʻaila.

I ka makahiki 2009, ua helu ʻia ʻo Bi Liufu, ka hanauna ʻeono o Fenshui Oil Paper Umbrella, ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoilina ʻelele o nā papahana hoʻoilina moʻomeheu ʻike ʻole ʻia o ka ʻāina e ke Kuhina o ka Moʻomeheu, a lilo ia i mea hoʻoilina ʻelele hoʻokahi o nā umbrellas pepa ʻaila i hana lima ʻia ma Kina.