UMary Allen
Ngendlela, e-China, lolu hlobo lwalunamagama ahluke ngokuphelele - inja yebhere (i-Xiang go), inja yolimi olumnyama (i-shi-to yakhe), inja yempisi (lang go), nenja ye-canton (i-Guangdong go). Lolu hlobo lwathola igama lalo lamanje ekupheleni kwekhulu le-17, lapho abathengisi baseBrithani beqala ukuthatha nezinye izimpahla nezinja, okuyinto, ngendlela, ababeyibiza ngokuthi "ibhere". Ngesizathu esithile, imithwalo yaseShayina (ngokusho kweminye imithombo - indawo yezimpahla) yayibizwa ngokuthi i-chow-chow, futhi, ekuqaleni, lokhu akuzange kukhathaze izinja ngokuqondile.
Kodwa-ke, kamuva igama lanamathela, futhi kakade ngo-1781 isazi sesayensi yemvelo uGilbert White sachaza lezi zinja encwadini ethi "The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne", futhi waziqamba encwadini ngokuthi iChow Chow. Kodwa-ke, izinto ezizinzile ezivela eChina kanye nenani lemvelo lavela kamuva, kuphela ngesikhathi seNdlovukazi uVictoria.
I-Chow Chow Dog Club yaseGreat Britain yasungulwa ngo-1895. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi izinja ezachazwa uGilbert White eminyakeni engamakhulu amabili edlule azihlukile neze kulezo zanamuhla. Futhi ngokusho kwenganekwane yaseShayina, izinja zinolimi oluluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okumnyama: lapho onkulunkulu bedala umhlaba, bapenda isibhakabhaka esiluhlaza - amaconsi aminyene kapende awela emkhathini, futhi amaChow Chow awabamba ngomlomo wakhe onoboya.
