ʻO ka lāʻau beech, i kākau ʻia ʻo "Ji Mu" a i ʻole "Gan Mu", he ʻano lāʻau maʻamau loa ia ma waena o nā ʻano ʻano 8,000 ma Kina. Ke ulu nei ia ma ka hema a he lāʻau kū hoʻokahi i loaʻa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Jiangnan. Ma muli o kona ʻano huaʻai maʻemaʻe, ʻano ʻano lāʻau like ʻole, a me ka waihoʻoluʻu palupalu a me ka laumania, ʻo ka lāʻau beech ka nui o nā noi i nā lako kuʻuna mai ka Ming a me Qing dynasties, ʻoi aku ma waena o ka lehulehu. ʻO ka lāʻau beech ka paʻakikī kiʻekiʻe a hiki ke hoʻokūkū i ka rosewood; ʻO ka beech koko kiʻekiʻe, he ʻulaʻula -melemele e like me ka lāʻau rose, he mea hoʻonani a kūpono hoʻi; ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka lāʻau beech ma mua o ka nui o nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe, a ua ʻano koʻikoʻi kona wahie, kahi i ʻike ʻia ai he aliʻi hāʻule.

ʻO ka papa lāʻau beech kahi lāʻau kala māmā me nā hoʻohana lehulehu. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no nā peʻa puka (i loko), nā pale, nā veneers puka, nā lako a me nā hana keʻena. Loaʻa maʻamau i loko o nā hale keʻena e like me nā papa hoʻokipa, nā pale a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.

Pono:
1. He kaumaha ka maikaʻi, paʻakikī ka mea, maikaʻi ke kūʻē i ka hopena, maʻalahi ke kulou ma lalo o ka mahu, maʻalahi ke ʻano, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ma hope o ka maloʻo ʻana, a paʻa.
2. He paʻa ka lāʻau, me ka huaʻai maikaʻi a pololei, a he kakaikahi nā kīnā i loko o ke kino.
3. Ua akaka ke kino, ua like ke ano o ke kino, a palupalu ke kala.

4. He oolea ka laau, aole nae he laau paa. He kūlana koʻikoʻi kona i ka poʻe o ka Ming a me Qing dynasties, ua mahalo nui ʻia e ka poʻe kahiko, a ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea punahele a nā mea hana a me nā ʻohi.
5. Hana ʻia nā lako papa beech me ka hoʻohana maʻamau, a ʻaʻole paʻakikī ke kaʻina hana.

Nā huahana pale: papa lāʻau beech, China papa lāʻau beech mea hana, mea hoʻolako, hale hana
