Ua kaulana ʻo Provence, Farani no kāna lavender. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia kekahi honua nui o ka lavender ma ke kahawai ʻo Ili River ma Xinjiang, Kina. ʻO kamea ʻohi lavenderua lilo i mea hana nui no ka ohi ana. Ma muli o ka lavender, nui ka poʻe i ʻike e pili ana iā Provence ma Farani a me Furano ma Iapana. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻike pinepine ka poʻe Kina iā lākou ma ke awāwa ʻo Ili ma ke komohana ʻākau, ua ʻala malū ke kai nani o nā pua lavender no 50 mau makahiki.

Me he mea lā hiki ʻole ke hoʻomaopopo. No ka mea, ʻo kēlā me kēia kauwela ke komo koke ʻoe i ke awāwa ʻo Ili River mai Guozigou, ʻo ke kai nui o nā pua poni e luli ana i ka makani a me ka ʻala ʻala e haki i loko o ka puʻuwai o kēlā me kēia malihini me ka ikaika nui. Ua lawa nā helu a me nā inoa e hōʻike i kona mana mana - ʻo ka wahi kanu lavender ma kahi o 20,000 mau ʻeka, e lilo ia i kumu hoʻokumu nui loa o ka lavender ma ka ʻāina; i ka wa ohi, ke kani onā mea ʻohi lavenderhiki ke lohe ia ma na wahi a pau. ʻO ka hoʻopuka makahiki o ka ʻaila koʻikoʻi lavender hiki i kahi 100,000 kilokani, ʻoi aku ma mua o 95% o ka huina o ka ʻāina; ʻO kēia ka "Hometown of Chinese Lavender" i kapa ʻia e ka Ministry of Agriculture o Kina, a ʻike ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi ʻewalu nui o ka lavender e hana ana i ka honua.

I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua mālama ʻia ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka lavender ma Xinjiang no ka manawa lōʻihi. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia nā hōʻike lehulehu e pili ana i ke kanu ʻana, ka hana ʻaila nui, a pēlā aku. Hoʻohui pū ʻia me ka wahi mamao, kokoke i hoʻokahi tausani kilomita mai Urumqi a ʻaʻohe kaʻaahi. No laila, ʻaʻole hiki i ka 21st century me ka oʻo ʻana o ka ʻenehana kanu a me ka puka ʻana oMea ʻohi nuimīkini. Ua wehe mālie ka lavender ma ke awāwa ʻo Ili i kona pale