Ngexesha le-Huangdi, isikhumba sasisetyenziselwa ukwenza iiflephu kunye nezicathulo zesikhumba, ezaziyizinyanya ze-shoemaking e-China.

Kwixesha lamandulo laseTshayina iHuangdi, ufele lwalusebenza njengesixhobo sokwenza iiflaphu kunye nezihlangu zesikhumba, ibeka isiseko sembali yokwenza izihlangu yaseTshayina. Le nkcukacha yembali ikhanyisa ilifa elinzulu lokwenziwa kwezicathulo kunye nokufakwa kwesikhumba ekudalweni kwezicathulo. Ngelixa ubuchwephesha bokwenza izihlangu buphuhlile ukutyhubela iminyaka, ukusetyenziswa kwesikhumba kuye kwahlala kungatshintshi ngenxa yendalo yayo ehlala ixesha elide, ukuguquguquka, kunye nokubukeka kwayo.

Ubugcisa bokwenza izihlangu bufuna ubungcali, ukuchaneka, kunye nokuqwalaselwa okucokisekileyo kwiinkcukacha. Ukwenza izihlangu zesikhumba kubandakanya izigaba ezininzi ezintsonkothileyo, ukusukela ekukhetheni ufele lweprimiyamu ukuya ekusikeni, ukuthungwa, kunye nokudityaniswa kwamalungu ahlukeneyo esihlangu. Iingcaphephe zabathungi bezihlangu ziyazingca ngomsebenzi wabo wobugcisa, beqinisekisa ukuba iperi nganye yezihlangu ayisebenzi nje kuphela kodwa ikwangumsebenzi wobugcisa.

Ukusebenzisa ufele njengeyona nto iphambili ekwenzeni izihlangu kunika iintlobo ngeentlobo zeenzuzo. Eyaziwayo ngokuhlala ixesha elide, iqinisekisa ukuba izicathulo ziyakwazi ukunyamezela ukusetyenziswa kwansuku zonke. Ngaphezu koko, indalo ephefumlayo yesikhumba inceda ekugcineni ukuphola kunye nokuthuthuzela kweenyawo. Ukuthembeka okungokwemvelo kwezi zihlangu zesikhumba kuqinisekisa ukuba zihambelana nokumila konyawo lomntu onxibileyo, ukuqinisekisa ukufaneleka okulungiselelwe ngokuhamba kwexesha.

Iiyantlukwano zenkcubeko kunye nengingqi ziye zabumba ubugcisa bokwenza izicathulo, okukhokelela kuluhlu olubanzi lweendlela kunye noyilo. Ukwenza izihlangu kuye kwavela kwiimbadada zesikhumba zakudala ukuya kwiibhutsi zesikhumba zangoku, ukuziqhelanisa nokutshintsha kweendlela kunye neemfuno ezisebenzayo zeenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo.

Kule mihla, ukwenza izihlangu kuhlala kuyinkqubo yobugcisa echumileyo, njengoko amagcisa kunye nabayili besandisa imida yokuyila kunye nokwenziwa kwezinto ezintsha. Kukho imakethi eyomeleleyo yezihlangu zesikhumba zeprimiyamu, ezinabathengi abaxabisa ubugocigoci obuhlala buhleli kunye nobugcisa obukhoyo kwizihlangu zesikhumba.

Ukushwankathela, ukuqeshwa kwesikhumba ekwenzeni iiflaphu kunye nezihlangu ngexesha le-Huangdi kwaseka isiseko selifa lemveli le-China yokwenza izihlangu. Umtsalane ongapheliyo wezihlangu zesikhumba, ezidityaniswe nobugcisa kunye nobuchule babenzi bezicathulo, ziqinisekisa ukuqhubeka kokubaluleka kolu hlobo lobugcisa obudala kuluntu lwanamhlanje.