Mary Allen
Ma ke ala, ma Kina, he ʻokoʻa nā inoa o ka pua - ʻīlio bear (Xiang go), ʻīlio alelo ʻeleʻele (kāna shi-to), ʻīlio wolf (lang go), a me ka ʻīlio canton (Guangdong go). Ua loaʻa i ka pua kona inoa i kēia manawa ma ka hopena o ke kenekulia 17, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai nā mea kālepa Pelekania e lawe pū me nā ukana a me nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe, a ma ke ala, ua kapa ʻia lākou he "bear". No kekahi kumu, ua kapa ʻia ka ukana Kina (e like me nā kumu ʻē aʻe - kahi no ka ukana) chow-chow, a, i ka wā mua, ʻaʻole pili kēia i nā ʻīlio.
Eia naʻe, ma hope ua paʻa ka inoa, a i ka makahiki 1781 ua wehewehe ka mea ʻepekema naturalist Gilbert White i kēia mau ʻīlio ma ka puke "The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne", a ua kapa ʻo ia iā lākou ma ka puke ʻo Chow Chow. Eia naʻe, ua ala mai nā lako paʻa mai Kina a me ka heluna kanaka maoli ma hope loa, i ka wā wale nō o Queen Victoria.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Chow Chow Dog Club of Great Britain i ka makahiki 1895. He mea pono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa nā ʻīlio i hōʻike ʻia e Gilbert White i ʻelua haneli mau makahiki aku nei. A e like me ka moʻolelo o Kina, he ʻeleʻele uliuli ko nā ʻīlio: i ka wā i hana ai ke Akua i ka honua, pena lākou i ka lani uliuli - hāʻule nā kulu mānoanoa o ka pena mai ka lewa mai, a hopu ʻia e ka Chow Chow me kona waha huluhulu.
