ʻO ka maikaʻi o Saina, he kapa kikoʻī, i loaʻa mai ma kekahi o nā kahiko o Saina. Ua hui hao nui nā mea hoihoi i kākau no ka maikaʻi a me ka hina ʻana. No nā 1,000 makahiki, ua hana ʻia ka maikaʻi ma Saina— a pekia hoi ia i kēia manawa. Ua ola, he aloha pū i ka moʻolelo o ka maikaʻi Saina!
Loaʻa ka maikaʻi Saina. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Empress Xi Ling Shi me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maikaʻi, ma kekahi o nā moʻolelo. Hoʻokahi ʻo ia i ʻike aku i kekahi o nā pūʻelo ma kona kāʻelo. No kāna ʻike ʻana i ka pūʻelo, wahi mai i ka thread maikaʻi loa. A kā hoi oia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana maikaʻi ma Saina.
Ua hana ʻia kekahi o ka sīlki i kēia manawa me nā hana kūikawā i hiki mai i kēlā mau hana a kēlā mau hana. Suzhou, ko Suzhou Esa Silk wahi, hana kapa sīlki kiʻekiʻe. Nā kānaka ma loko o ka hanauna i nā kōkua ʻopahele, e lawe i kā lākou pūpū a e kākau i ka thread sīlki no nā kapa maikaʻi.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea e hāʻawi ai i ka hanauna i ka sīlki o Ka Haina he nani ʻo kā lākou hāhā. Nā naga, nā phoenix, a me nā pua he nā hāhā kūikawā o Ka Haina a i kēia manawa i loaʻa ai ma ka sīlki. Ua hana kēia mau hāhā e pop aku ai ka sīlki.
Ke kahiko o ka maika‘i o ka hina China e ho‘omaka i ka hina ‘ana. ‘O ka hina ‘ana ‘o ka manu kīki o loko e hana i nā pū hina no ka ho‘oponopono ʻana. Hiki ke kākau aku i nā kaha hina mai ka pū a laila kākau ʻia i ka paha, hiki ke kīpuka ʻia i ka kapa.
Ma China, ʻo ka hina he helu ʻano no ka maikaʻi a me ka hana. Ua hoʻohana ‘ia e ke kanaka i nā kapa hina maikaʻi no ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i kā lākou hana a me ka nohona. Ma ke kahiko, ua hoʻohana ‘ia hou ka hina i nā kapa maikaʻi e like me kēia e noho ana i nā hoʻike heha a me nā pāʻani.
Ua kūʻai ʻia ka silki Hina ma nā ala heu heu e like me ka 200 B.C. i kahi ola nui i kākau ʻia i ke kahiko a Mekeong a i Pākī, a laila ua kūʻai ʻia mai Rome. Ua kūʻai ʻia e silki nā kālai kūʻai no ka mea he nani a he ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa.