ʻŌlelo
Umbrella--- ka palekana maʻamau i nā makahiki
Mai ka wā kahiko a hiki i kēia manawa, nui nā mea i ulu aʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea hana e like me nā mea paahana, pono e hoʻomaikaʻi mau ʻia i mea e pono ai ka poʻe. Akā i ka nānā ʻana i ka mōʻaukala pōkole o ka ulu ʻana o ka umbrella, mai nā lau mua a hiki i nā umbrellas akamai o kēia lā, ʻo ia paha ka huahana lohi loa e ulu ai. ʻOiai ʻoe e lawe i kahi hoʻopalapala hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēia wā a hoʻi i ka wā kahiko, ʻike paha ka poʻe kahiko he ʻumbrella kēia, i hoʻohana ʻia e uhi i ka ua.
Kaao hookahi
I ka wā Yaoshun 4,000 mau makahiki i hala, ua ʻike ʻia ka umbrella mua loa, i hana ʻia me nā lau mea kanu e uhi i ke poʻo i ke ʻano o kahi umbrella e uhi i ka lā a me ka ua. Ua ʻike ʻia ka malu mua i hana ʻia ma mua o 3,000 mau makahiki aku nei i ka wā Zhou Dynasty, i ka wā i ʻike ai ka Mōʻī Wu o Zhou i nā koa me nā lau lotus ma luna o lākou, a ua hoʻoikaika koke ʻia ʻo ia, no laila ua noi ʻo ia i kahi mea hana akamai e hana i mea hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no nā koa e like me ke ʻano o ka iwi lau lotus. A ua ola maoli kēia mea hana akamai i nā mea i manaʻo ʻia, no laila ua hānau ʻia ka umbrella artificial kumu.
Legend elua
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia, ua hana ʻo Lu Ban no ka poʻe ma kuaʻāina i kēlā me kēia lā, a ʻo kāna wahine ʻo Yun Shi i lawe mai iā ia i nā meaʻai i kēlā me kēia lā, a pulu i nā lā ua a ʻike ʻia i ka lā wela i nā lā wela. ʻAʻole hiki iā Luban ke hoʻomanawanui i ka ʻeha o kāna wahine, no laila ua kūkulu ʻo ia i hale pavilion i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana ʻē aʻe e pili ana iā ia, i hiki ai i kāna wahine ke hele. Eia naʻe, hele mau a hele ka ua kauwela, a ʻōlelo ka wahine he mea maikaʻi ke loaʻa i kahi pā me ia. Ua hoʻolohe ʻo Luban i ka manaʻo o kāna wahine, a wehe koke ʻia ka hale me ka noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana i hale lole e hiki ai iā ia ke lawe pū me ia. I kekahi lā, ʻike akula ʻo Luban i nā keiki me nā lau lotus ma lalo o ka lā wela, a loaʻa koke iā ia ka manaʻo, ʻohi i ka lau lotus a hoʻi i ke aʻo ʻana, a ʻaʻole i liʻuliʻu, hānau ʻia ka malu mua.
