ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Kukui Puna, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Shang Yuan Festival, ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻahaʻaina kuʻuna ma Kina. Aia ia ma Ianuali 15^th e like me ke kalena mahina Kina. Ma ka ʻAhaʻaina Lantern, aia ka pō mahina piha mua o ka makahiki mahina Kina, e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka pūnāwai. ʻO ia ka manawa e hui hou ai ka hapa nui o ka poʻe Kina me ka ʻohana a hauʻoli pū i ka mahina piha hanohano.–-J460 ADAPTER

Wahi a ke kuʻuna o Kina, e lawe nā kānaka i kēlā pō i nā kukui maikaʻi a hele i waho e mahalo i ka mahina piha a me nā mea puhi ahi, e kuhi i nā nane kukui, a ʻai i nā dumplings ʻono e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka ʻahaʻaina. He mau lā ma mua o ka ʻAhaʻaina Lantern, hoʻomaka ka poʻe e hana i nā kukui a lākou e makemake ai. ʻOkoʻa ke ʻano a me ka nui o nā kukui silika, pepa a me ka plastik, a he nui nā kala. Aia kekahi i ke ʻano o nā pulelehua, nā manu, nā pua, a me nā waʻa. ʻO kekahi i ke ʻano o nā hōʻailona deragona, huaʻai a me nā holoholona o kēlā makahiki. I ka wā e hana ana i nā kukui, kākau pinepine ka poʻe i nā nane ma luna o lākou i hiki i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ke kuhi i nā nane i ka lā o ka ʻAhaʻaina Lantern. I ka pō ma mua o ka ʻAhaʻaina Lantern, ua kau ʻia nā kukui a pau. ʻO ka meaʻai kūikawā no ka ʻAhaʻaina Lantern he dumplings ʻono, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo Yuen Sin a i ʻole Tong Yuen e ka poʻe Kina a me nā pōpō sopa ʻono e ka hapa nui o ka poʻe Pelekane. He mau dumplings poepoe kēia i hana ʻia me ka palaoa laiki pipili. Hiki ke hoʻopiha ʻia a lawelawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he meaʻai māmā a i ʻole hana maʻemaʻe a kuke ʻia i loko o ka sopa me nā mea kanu, ka ʻiʻo a me ka ʻōpae maloʻo. ʻO ke ʻano poepoe o ka dumpling he hōʻailona o ka piha, ka hoʻohui a me ka lokahi. Eia kekahi, aia kekahi mau wahi i nā hōʻike kuʻuna e like me ke pāʻani ʻana i nā kukui deragona, ka hula liona a me ka hele wāwae.

ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Kukui, kahi ʻahaʻaina kuʻuna Kina koʻikoʻi i kū no nā makahiki he 2000 a ʻoi, ua kaulana mau ia ma Kina, a ma nā ʻāina ʻē. Aneane pau ka poʻe Kina i kēlā lā e komo i nā hana he nui ma nā wahi a pau o lākou.

Makemake ʻo Aili i ka ʻAhaʻaina Kukui Hauʻoli no nā kānaka a pau a e hoʻokō ʻia kā ʻoukou mau makemake a pau.