I pā mai te hau mārie o Poutū-te-rangi ki runga i te matapihi o Xiye, ā, kī tonu te rūma hui o te kamupene i te kata me te harikoa. I te ahiahi o te 8 o Poutū-te-rangi, hei whakanui i te hakari motuhake mō ngā wāhine, i whakaritea motuhaketia e Xiye tētahi huihuinga kaupapa ko "Ngā Puawai o te Koanga · Te Ataahua o ngā Wahine", e āhei ai ngā kaimahi wāhine katoa ki te okioki i ā rātou mahi pukumahi me te whatu i te aroha o te kōanga ki ia tuitui me ia miro, hei whakanui i te ataahua o te ahurea tuku iho me te auaha.
Ko te brocade Song, me te brocade Nanjing Yun me te brocade Sichuan Shu, e mōhiotia ana ko tētahi o ngā "brocade rongonui e toru i Haina". Mai i te wā o te Whare Ariki o Song, koia te "karauna o te brocade tino ataahua", ā, ko tōna kakano whatu e whakaatu ana i te ataahua huatau o te iwi Hainamana. I te tīmatanga o te hui, i homai e te kaiako hanga-ā-ringa i karangatia motuhaketia e te uniana hokohoko he kōrero oraora hei kawe i te katoa ki te ao o te brocade Song - mai i te pakiwaitara o te whare rangatira i whatua i Suzhou ki te taonga tuku iho o nāianei kua whakarārangihia hei taonga tuku iho ā-tangata kore e taea te huna, kei muri i te inihi o te brocade ko te rere o ngā mano tau o te mahi toi.
I tēnei rā, ehara i te mea ko te putea anake tā tātou e tuitui ana, engari e pā ana hoki ki tētahi ahurea 'ora'. "Nā te whakatuwheratanga a te kaiako i whakakī te tirohanga ki te tumanako. Kua rite te kete rauemi i runga i te tēpu: he papanga brocade kanapa, ngawari hoki a Song, he taputapu hiako angiangi, he whakapaipai tassels me te buckle, ko te tukinga o ngā tauira tuku iho me te hoahoa hou ka mura tonu te hihiri auaha o ngā atua wahine."
I raro i te arataki a te kaiako, ka huri ngā "atua wahine o Xiye" e pupuri ana i ngā pene me ngā papapātuhi hei tohunga mahi toi me ngā tuitui pai me te kutikuti manawanui i ngā kokonga. Mā te tapahi, te tuitui, te whakamau, te huri i ngā matimati, ka huri te rūma hui hei awheawhe mahi-ā-ringa mahana: ka aro tetahi ki te whakataurite i ngā tae, ka whai kia rite ngā tauira; ka whakakotahi auaha tetahi i ngā tassel me ngā taputapu, me te kī whakakatakata e hiahia ana rātou ki te "hoahoa i ngā putanga iti"; ka tuku kutikuti tetahi ki tetahi, ka tuku i tētahi roera miro hiraka, ka whakakatakata i ētahi wā mō te wāhi i tukinga ai tētahi motuka, ka tuku tohutohu tetahi ki tetahi hei whakaoti rapanga.
I muri i ngā haora e rua o te auahatanga rumaki, ka puta mai tētahi putea brocade ahurei a Song i muri i tētahi: te huatau o ngā pīoni whiri, te huatau o ngā tauira maunga me ngā kapua wai, te ahua o te taurite tae ā-ira... I puāwai te rauemi kotahi me ngā momo kāhua rerekē i raro i ngā whakaaro auaha rerekē. I te mutunga o te huihuinga, i tango whakaahua ngā atua wahine me ngā putea hanga-ā-ringa, ā, ko ngā mata menemene i hopukina e te kāmera i tautoko i ngā tauira tawhito.
Ko ngā kaimahi wahine te 'haurua o te rangi' o Xiye. Ka werohia e koe te kaha ngawari engari kaha ki roto i te kamupene me te whakaaro nui me te manawanui. Kia meinga koe e te huihuinga o te rā nei kia rongo kei te aroha a Xiye ki ō mahi, ā, kei te hiahia ake ia ki te tiaki i ō rotarota me tō ngākau mārie. "I roto i te whaikōrero a te Kaiwhakahaere Lei i whakaatu i te kaupapa taketake o te huihuinga.
He huihuinga ā-ringa e kawe mai ana i te ahurea tuku iho ki te wāhi mahi hou, e āhei ai ngā hinengaro pukumahi ki te kimi i te rangimārie i waenganui i te raranga o ngā ngira me te miro. E whakapono tonu ana a Xiye ko te manaaki tangata pono kei roto i ngā taipitopito e ataahua ai ngā kaimahi, e whakaatu ana hoki i te mahana. I ngā rā kei te heke mai, ka tonu mātou ki te whāngai i te tipu o tā mātou tīma mā roto i ngā mahi kanorau, e āhei ai ia kaimahi o Xiye ki te tūtaki ki tētahi putanga pai ake o rātou anō i konei.
Wā tuku: Maehe-10-2025
