Ma ka māla kī o Xinshan Village, Ziyun Autonomous County, Kina, i waena o ka leo o ka mokulele uwē, ka "waha" niho o kamīkini ʻohi kīhoʻokuʻu ʻia i mua ma ke kuamoʻo kī, a ʻo nā lau kī hou a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi e "wili ʻia" i loko o ka ʻeke hope. Kohi ʻia kahi kua o ke kī i loko o kekahi mau minuke.

Hoʻohui pū ʻia me ka ʻāina o ka māla kī a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o nā kuala kī, hoʻohana ʻo Xinshan Village i ʻelua mau mīkini ʻohi kī. ʻO ka lawe lima kanaka hoʻokahiMīkini ʻōhi kī kīhiki ke hoohana ia e ke kanaka hookahi, a ua kupono no na kihapai ti me na pali pali a me na kualono ti i hoopuehuia. ʻO kaʻelua kāne ʻohi kīpono i ekolu kanaka e hana like. Lawe nā kānaka ʻelua i ka mīkini ʻohi kī i mua e ʻohi ai, a lawe kekahi i ka ʻeke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma hope.

Kohi ka hui o 3 i ke ti o ke kauwela a me ke kau me ka mīkini ʻohi kī kī pālua. Inā hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā kua o ke kī a ulu maikaʻi nā ʻōpuʻu kī, hiki iā lākou ke koho i ka awelika o 3,000 catties o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo i kēlā me kēia lā.

"Hoʻohana au i ka mīkini ʻohi kī uwila lawe hoʻokahi kanaka e ʻohi i ke kī o ke kauwela a me ke kauwela, a hiki iaʻu ke koho koke i 400 catties o nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo kī i ka lā." Pēlā nō, ʻōlelo nā kamaʻāina ʻē aʻe e ʻohi ana i ke kī o ke kauwela a me ke kauwela ma ka mīkini i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua ʻohi lima lākou i ke kī o ke kauwela a me ke kauwela, a hiki iā lākou ke ʻohi wale i 60 catties o ka greens ti i ka lā.

Wahi a nā hōʻike, aia ʻo Xinshan Village i kēia manawa ma mua o 3,800 mu o nā kīhāpai kī. I kēia makahiki, ʻo 1,800 mu ka wahi e ʻohi ai, a e ʻohi ʻia a hana ʻia he 60 tons o ka puna kī.

Pono ka hana nui mai ka mālama ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kīhāpai kī, ka ʻohi kī puna, ka ʻohi ʻana o ke kī kauwela a me ka ʻohi ʻana i ka mīkini kī kīwī, a me ka hana kī. Ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki o ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ʻaʻole ʻo Xinshan Village wale nō kahi kīhāpai kī nui, akā he hale hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa kī maʻamau.

Hiki ke hoʻomau i ka ʻohi kī a hiki i ʻOkakopa. Hoʻohana ʻo Xiaqiunā mea ʻohi kīe ʻohi i nā lau kī, e hoʻonui ai i ka hua kī a hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā o ka hui kaiaulu. Hoʻonui ka poʻe kamaʻāina i kā lākou loaʻa kālā ma o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo i koho ʻia e ka mīkini a me ka hana ʻana i nā lau kī Xiaqiu. I kēia manawa, me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻohi mīkini kī, e hoʻonui hou ʻia nā mea kī kī, kahi e hana ai i nā kūlana no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ʻoihana hoʻōla hohonu o ke kī, a paipai i ka hoʻololi ʻana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke ʻano o ka ʻoihana kī ma Xinshan Village.