Mary Allen
Af, a kasar Sin, nau'in yana da sunaye daban-daban - kare bear (Xiang go), kare harshe baƙar fata (shi-to), kare wolf (lang go), da kuma canton kare (Guangdong go). Irin wannan nau'in ya sami sunansa na yanzu a ƙarshen karni na 17, lokacin da 'yan kasuwa na Birtaniya suka fara ɗauka tare da wasu kaya da karnuka, wanda, ta hanyar, sun kira "bear". Don wasu dalilai, ana kiran kaya na kasar Sin (bisa ga wasu tushe - wurin da ake yin kaya) chow-chow, kuma, da farko, wannan bai shafi karnuka musamman ba.
Duk da haka, daga baya sunan ya makale, kuma a cikin 1781 masanin kimiyya Gilbert White ya kwatanta wadannan karnuka a cikin littafin "The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne", kuma ya sanya musu suna a cikin littafin a matsayin Chow Chow. Koyaya, barga kayayyaki daga China da yawan jama'a sun tashi daga baya, kawai a lokacin Sarauniya Victoria.
An kafa Chow Chow Dog Club na Burtaniya a shekara ta 1895. Yana da kyau a lura cewa karnukan da Gilbert White ya kwatanta shekaru ɗari biyu da suka wuce ba su da bambanci da na yau. Kuma bisa ga wani almara na kasar Sin, karnuka suna da harshe shudi mai duhu: lokacin da alloli suka halicci duniya, sun zana sararin sama blue - ɗigon fenti ya faɗo daga sararin sama, kuma Chow Chow ya kama su da bakinsa mai gashi.
