Ka holo ana o Adimarala Zheng He

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I koʻu lā hoʻololi ma waena o nā hola 21 o ka lele ʻana i ʻaneʻi a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻaha kūkā, ua ʻai au i ka ʻaina awakea me ka mea kākau a me ke kumu alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe ʻo Alison Lester a kamaʻilio e pili ana i kāna hana, a me kāna puke hou Restroom Reflections: How Communication Changes Everything (loaʻa. no Kindle ma Amazon).

A laila, makemake nui wau e hele e ʻike i ka mea hou o Singapore Hale Hōʻikeʻike Maritime & Aquarium (ua wehe ʻia he 4 mahina i hala aku nei). I koʻu hōʻea ʻana, komo au i ka laina no ka palapala komo, a i koʻu kū ʻana i ka laina, nīnau mai kekahi kanaka ʻaʻahu ʻaʻahu ʻo wai wau, no hea wau, a no ke aha wau e kipa aku ai, etc. ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hele pū me aʻu. . . ʻO kaʻu mea aʻe e ʻike ai, hāʻawi ʻia iaʻu kahi huakaʻi alakaʻi pilikino o MEMA.

Kūkulu ʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike a puni nā huakaʻi a Admiral Zheng He i ka makahiki 1400 a me ke ala silika moana i kūkulu ʻia ma waena o Kina a me nā lāhui a hiki i ʻApelika Hikina. Hoʻomaopopo ka hale hōʻikeʻike ʻo ia paha ka mea mua i ʻike iā ʻAmelika, akā ua luku ʻia nā moʻolelo. Aia i loko o ka hale hōʻikeʻike nā hiʻohiʻona o nā moku waiwai, kahi kope piha piha, a me ka nānā ʻana i nā waiwai i kālepa ʻia ma ke ala silika moana. Ke kuhikuhi nei koʻu alakaʻi iā Rhino horn a me ka ʻelepani a me ka ʻike ʻaʻole kūʻai hou ʻia lākou ma muli o nā hui kuleana holoholona. Pēlā nō, hōʻike mai ʻo ia iaʻu i ka moʻo nahesa mai Inia, kāna hīnaʻi a me ka ʻohe (e wehewehe ana he kuli leo o ka Cobra, a ʻo ka haʻalulu o ka ipu ʻohe e hula ai ka holoholona); akā e hoʻomaopopo ua pāpā ʻia ka hana ma muli o nā hui kuleana holoholona. Akā ʻo ka hapa nui o nā huahana ʻē aʻe he mea kupanaha ke ʻike ʻia a he mea hoihoi ke aʻo i ko lākou wahi i hele mai ai a pehea ka lōʻihi o ke kālepa ʻana - nā mea ʻala, nā pōhaku makamae, nā kilika, nā hīnaʻi a me nā porcelains i waena o nā waiwai ʻē aʻe.

Ua kūkulu hou ʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike 9th kenekulia Omani Dhow i hōʻike ʻia i loko o ka hale hōʻikeʻike, a ʻelua mau moku ʻāpana ʻē aʻe i nakinaki ʻia ma waho i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi awa moku kaulana. ʻEkolu hou aʻe e lawe ʻia mai Singapore (aia ka hale hōʻikeʻike ma Sentosa), a e hoʻohui koke ʻia, me kahi China Junk. Hoʻopiha ʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike me nā hōʻikeʻike pāʻani akamai. ʻO ka hapa nui o ia mau mea e ʻae iā ʻoe e leka uila i kāu hoʻoikaika ʻana (e like me ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kāu ʻano lole ponoʻī) iā ʻoe iho. Loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻike ʻino e komo pū me kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni kokoke i 3D, 360o degere (simulated) o kahi moku ukana Kina kahiko i nalowale i kahi Typhoon. Ke neʻe nei ka hale keʻena holoʻokoʻa, uwē ʻia ka lāʻau uē, a i ka wā e poʻi ai ka nalu ma nā ʻaoʻao o ka moku, ua kāpī ʻia mākou a pau i ka wai paʻakai.

Ke haʻalele nei mākou i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni, hele mākou i loko o kahi hale kiʻi i hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia ma lalo o ka wai archeology a me nā moku moku mai kēia ʻāina. He mea kupanaha ka hana maikaʻi a wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia (hōʻailona maikaʻi loa). ʻO ka manawa koʻikoʻi, ka mea i pīhoihoi loa iaʻu, ʻo ka hele ʻana mai mākou ma kahi kihi a ʻo kekahi wahine ʻōpio e kū ana ma kahi pākaukau i uhi ʻia me nā mea hana mai nā moku like ʻole. Hāʻawi ʻia iaʻu nā mīkina lima lima a laila kono ʻia e ʻohi a nānā i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana. Mai kahi pūkuniahi lima liʻiliʻi (i hoʻohana ʻia a hiki i ka makahiki 1520), a i ka pahu pauda wahine, a i nā ʻāpana ipu lepo like ʻole. ʻO nā mea a pau i manaʻo ʻia aia ma kahi o 500 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku ka nui o kekahi. Hoʻokahi mea e nānā a mākaukau e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala, he mea ʻē aʻe e paʻa i kou lima.

E wehe ʻia ka ʻāpana aquarium o MEMA ma hope o kēia makahiki, a ʻo ia ka mea nui loa i kūkulu ʻia, a e hoʻopili ʻia i kahi paka moana me Orca a me nā mea hoʻokani dolphin (ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka paka i ka honua nui loa). I koʻu nīnau ʻana i nā nīnau like ʻole e pili ana i ke kumuhana, ua ʻōlelo ʻoiaʻiʻo koʻu alakaʻi no ka mea he mau aquarium a me nā paka moana ko mākou ma USA, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e pono pū kekahi. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i kahi kumuhana ʻāina a i ʻole nā ​​kumuhana ʻē aʻe no ka aquarium. . . Ua ʻike nui ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā holoholona, ​​ʻoi aku ka nui inā he mau mea hoʻokani. A, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻae paha kekahi o ʻoukou e pili ana i ke ʻano o ia mau paka moana, ua hoʻomaka wau me ka manaʻo he mamao loa kēia manaʻo ma ke ala. No laila, me ka nui o ka akahele a me nā huaʻōlelo diplomatic ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo au iā ia ʻo ka hōʻike ʻana i nā holoholona ma ke ʻano he ala wale nō e kamaʻāina ai nā kānaka i nā mea ola moana. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo ka poʻe i hōʻike ʻia he mau ʻelele no ka poʻe i ka nahele. AKA, pono lākou e koho naʻauao. Pono nā mea ola i ka nui o ka nahelehele, no laila ʻaʻole e pale a keʻakeʻa paha ka lawe ʻana i kekahi mau mea i ka nahele i ka hana hou ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana iā lākou iho ma kahi wikiwiki ma mua o ko lākou wehe ʻana. A ʻo ka mea e pono ai ka hoʻopaʻa pio ʻana i ke kanaka ponoʻī a hōʻoia i ka liʻiliʻi o ka pono e hele mau a ʻohi i nā holoholona hōʻikeʻike hou aʻe.

ʻApōpō hoʻomaka ka hālāwai!