'Ōlelo ka mea hana waʻa iāʻoe i ka wā kahiko, ʻike ka poʻe e lana ana nā lau a me nā kumu i ka wai, a ʻike ʻia he liʻiliʻi loa ke kaumaha o nā lau, a he nui ke kaumaha o ke kumu. ʻO ka mānoanoa o ke kumu, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kaumaha. ʻoi aku ka nui. Haʻi aku ka mea hana waʻa iā ʻoe ua ʻike ka poʻe ʻaʻole paʻa ka pahu cylindrical i ka wai., e kaa aku, ʻAʻole hiki i nā kānaka ke noho ma luna, a ʻaʻole hiki i nā kānaka ke neʻe ma luna o kēia ʻōpala cylindrical.
Ma kēia ala, hoʻohana nā kānaka i nā mea hana e like me ke koʻi pōhaku, koʻi pōhaku, a me nā ʻōpae e palahalaha ai nā kumu lāʻau poepoe. Kahi, ua ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hana ʻana i ka wahie me ke ahi ma mua o ke koʻi pōhaku. Haʻi aku nā mea hana waʻa iā ʻoe e hamo ka poʻe i ke kumu me kahi ʻāpana mānoanoa o ka lepo pulu ma kahi e pono ʻole ai lākou e ʻeli ʻia., a laila puhi i nā ʻāpana e ʻeli ʻia. Ma kēia ala, puhi ʻia ka ʻāpana i puhi ʻia i loko o kahi papa lanahu, a ʻoki ʻia me ke koʻi pōhaku, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi. Pēlā i hana ʻia ai ka waʻa.
Haʻi aku ka mea hana waʻa iā ʻoe aia kahi moʻolelo ma ka puke Kina kahiko “Buke Hoololi-Xixi” kēlā “oki laau he waapa”, ʻo ia hoʻi, hana ʻia ka waʻa me ka lāʻau ʻoki. I 1958, ʻekolu waʻa kaʻa i ʻeli ʻia ma Wujin County, ʻĀpana ʻo Jiangsu. Wahi a ka noiʻi, he mau waʻa lākou mai ka wā Spring a me ka Autumn a me ka Warring States Period. ʻO lākou 11 mika ka loa, 0.9 mika laula a 0.4 mika hohonu. Aia lākou i kēia manawa i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike mōʻaukala Kina.
