ʻO Chow Chow kekahi o nā pua kahiko loa, ʻo ia ka makahiki i hōʻoia ʻia e ka noiʻi genetic. Ua manaʻo ʻia ua puka mai ia ma Mongolia a me Kina akau, e neʻe mālie ana i ka hema me nā Mongols nomadic. ʻO nā kiʻi mua o nā ʻīlio like i ka makahiki 206 BC. Ua mālama kekahi emepera Kina i mau tausani Chow Chows. Ma Kina kahiko, hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau ʻīlio ma ke ʻano he poʻe hahai holoholona a me nā kiaʻi. Ma Kina, ua nui nā inoa ʻano: ʻīlio ʻeleʻele (hei shi-tou), ʻīlio wolf (lang gou), ʻīlio bear (xiang gou), a me ka ʻīlio Cantonese. (Guangdong gou). He moʻolelo hoihoi ke ʻano i kapa ʻia ai ka ʻohana ʻo Chow Chow. I ke kenekulia 17, ua lawe nā mea kālepa Pelekāne i kekahi mau ʻīlio o kēia ʻano ma waena o nā ukana.
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