ʻIke ʻoe i kahi lole ʻaʻano mandarin a ua ʻike mua ʻoe he lole Pake ia, like ke ʻike ʻoe i kahi kimono ʻike ʻoe he lole Kepanī kēlā. ʻAʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo? ʻAʻole ia he mea inā ʻike a mākaukau paha mākou i ka moʻomeheu hikina, aia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona i hele i waho o nā palena a lilo i pae honua, ʻoiai no kahi mamao loa i nā mea hikina. He aha ka a cheongsam? He lole, ka lole pake par poʻokela. ʻAʻole ʻoe i ʻike ua kāhea ʻia kēlā? ʻĀ, ua ʻike ʻē. Ma ka ʻōlelo Pākē ka manaʻo lole lōʻihi a ʻike ʻia ʻo ia me cheongsamʻoi loa ma Beijing. He aha kona mōʻaukala?
ʻĀ, i ka wā e noho ana ka Manchu i ka noho aliʻi o Kina ua kau lākou i kekahi poʻe, Manchu, kekahi mau hae a i ʻole qi a hoʻomaka i ke kāhea ʻana iā lākou makemake lākou, nā poʻe o nā hae, no laila ke hala ka manawa ua nalowale ka inoa Manchu. ʻO nā wahine Manchu kahi i kāhiko ʻia i ka lole lole hoʻokahi a ʻo ka hopena ua kāhea ʻia lākou cheongsam a i ka ʻaʻahu hae. I ka pau ʻana o ka 1911 kipi i ka moʻokūʻauhau Manchu a hoʻopau iā Pu Yi, ka mōʻī hope loa, ua ola ke kapa Kina maʻamau i ka loli a me kekahi mau hoʻomaikaʻi hou a lilo nā loli lole tardi pake ʻike mākou āpau.
El cheongsam a i ʻole qipao ʻoluʻolu a maʻalahi hoʻi e komo. Maikaʻi ke nānā aku i ke kiʻi o nā wahine Kina, kiʻekiʻe kona ʻāʻī a paʻa a pōkole kona mau lima, waena a lōʻihi paha, pili ia i ke kau o ka makahiki a me ka ʻono o kēlā me kēia kaikamahine. Ua pihi ʻia ma ka akau, he pūhaka ʻikiʻoki a ʻokiʻoki ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua. ʻAʻole ia he lole paʻakikī e hana a hali ʻole i nā mea he nui no ka mea ʻaʻole pono nā mea e like me nā kāʻei a i ʻole nā lou, he mau pihi wale nō. Inā ʻoe e hele i Kina, a laila mai hoʻokaʻulua e lawe i kahi kumu. Ma ke Komohana, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻaʻahu iā ia i kahi pāʻina a haʻi i ka moʻolelo o kāu huakaʻi i Kina.
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