Ko te hanga pepa tētahi o ngā mea hou e whā o Haina. I te wā o te Whare Ariki o Han ki te Hauāuru, kua mārama kē te iwi ki te tikanga taketake o te hanga pepa. I te wā o te Whare Ariki o Han ki te Rāwhiti, i whakarāpopoto te unaka a Cai Lun i ngā wheako o ōna mua, ā, i whakapai ake i te tukanga hanga pepa, ā, i tino whakapai ake i te kounga o te pepa. Mai i taua wā, kua piki haere te whakamahinga o te pepa. Kua āta whakakapia ngā pepa ki ngā pepa parāoa me te hiraka, ā, kua whānui te whakamahinga hei rauemi tuhituhi, ā, kua āwhina hoki i te horapa o ngā tuhinga tawhito.
Nā te whakapai ake o te mahi hanga pepa a Cai Lun i hanga he tukanga hanga pepa paerewa, ka taea te whakarapopoto i ēnei mahi ki ngā taahiraa e whā e whai ake nei:
Wehenga: Whakamahia te tikanga o te retting, te kohua rānei hei tango i te kapia o ngā rauemi mata i roto i te otinga kawakore, ka whakamararatia hei muka.
Te Whakamomona: Whakamahia ngā tikanga tapahi me te patupatu hei tapahi i ngā muka, ka hanga kia huri hei penupenu pepa.
Te Hanga Pepa: Me mimiti te penupenu pepa ki te wai hei hanga penupenu, kātahi ka whakamahia he koko pepa (whāriki pāma) hei koko i te penupenu, kia whatua ai te penupenu ki runga i te koko pepa hei pepa angiangi mākū.
Te Whakamaroke: Whakamarokehia te pepa mākū i te rā, i te hau rānei, ka tihorea kia hanga he pepa.
Hītori o te hanga pepa: I tuku iho i Haina te hanga pepa i te nuinga o ngā whenua o te ao. Ko te hanganga o te hanga pepa tētahi o ngā takoha nui a Haina ki te ao whānui. I te Huihuinga 20 o te International Papermaking History Association i tū ki Malmedy, Belgium mai i te 18 ki te 22 o Ākuhata, 1990, i whakaae katoa ngā tohunga ko Cai Lun te kaihanga nui o te hanga pepa, ā, ko Haina te whenua nāna i hanga te hanga pepa.
Te Hiranga o te Hanga Pepa: Ko te hanganga o te hanga pepa e whakamahara ana hoki i a tātou ki te hiranga o te auahatanga pūtaiao me te hangarau. I roto i te tukanga o te hanganga pepa, i whakamahia e Cai Lun ngā tikanga me ngā hangarau auaha hei hanga i te pepa kia māmā, kia ohanga, kia ngāwari hoki te tiaki. E whakaatu ana tēnei tukanga i te tūranga matua o te auahatanga pūtaiao me te hangarau ki te whakatairanga i te ahunga whakamua pāpori. I roto i te hapori hou, kua noho te auahatanga pūtaiao me te hangarau hei kaha nui ki te whakatairanga i te ahunga whakamua pāpori. Hei tauira o te kāreti, me haere tonu tātou ki te tūhura me te auaha hei aro atu ki ngā huringa me ngā wero pāpori e huri haere tonu ana.
Wā tuku: 28 o Ākuhata-2024
