Aia mākou ma Dingxiang County, i ʻike ʻia ʻo "Hometown of Forging" ma Shanxi Province, ʻo ia kekahi ʻāpana o ka ikehu Kina a me ka ʻoihana kemika kaumaha. Hāʻawi ka ʻāina i ka halihali maʻalahi, nā kumuwaiwai lanahu a me ka mana he nui, ke kamaʻilio wikiwiki, a me kahi ʻano maikaʻi loa. ʻEkolu mau hale hana nui o ka hui. Me nā hiki i ka forging a me ka mālama wela, nā hiki hana i hoʻohui ʻia e pili ana i ka mīkini, ka hoʻāʻo kino a me ke kemika, ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻili, a me ka hoʻopili ʻana a me ka hoʻouna ʻana. Loaʻa i ka ʻike loea paʻa, nā kaʻina hana holomua, a me ka nānā ʻana i ka maikaʻi piha, ka lawelawe hilinaʻi ma hope o ke kūʻai aku, no nā mea kūʻai aku ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a me ka home he nui nā mea kūʻai aku i hāʻawi i kahi kahua paʻa no ka laulima ʻana.