Amasaro y'ibirahure yabayeho kuva ku ngoma ya Zhou y'Uburengerazuba. Bamenyekanye cyane mugihe cyibihugu byintambara. Hafi y'ibirahure byose byashyinguwe mu mva zacukuwe muri Leta zirwana zirimo amasaro y'ibirahure. Iterambere ryabo ntirishobora gutandukana no gukomeza guteza imbere ikoranabuhanga nibikoresho, biganisha ku kirahure gisukuye. Byongeye kandi, imikoreshereze mike ya jade kumitako ntishobora guhaza ibyifuzo byabantu, ibyo bigatuma umusaruro mwinshi no gutunganya amasaro yikirahure.
Mu 1978, imva ya Zenghouyi i Leigudun, mu Ntara ya Sui, mu Ntara ya Hubei, yavumbuye inzogera zidasanzwe za chime, hamwe n'imigozi myinshi y'ibirahure. Imigozi ibiri yamasaro yikirahure igaragara hano ni ibintu byo gushyingura muri iyi mva. Umugozi umwe ugizwe n'amasaro arindwi ya monochromatic, buri ruziga, umutuku - wijimye wijimye, ufite ubuso bunoze kandi busanzwe. Undi mugozi urimbishijwe neza na dragonfly isanzwe - amasaro yikirahure yijisho, ahanini yegeranye mubunini butandukanye, hamwe nubururu bwerurutse cyangwa icyatsi kibisi. Ubuso bwarimbishijwe impeta nyinshi zegeranye mubururu bwera cyangwa bwerurutse, hamwe hagati yazamutse gato hejuru yakarere, bikarema ishusho yazamuye. Uyu mugozi wamasaro yikirahure birashoboka gukoresha insinga - uburyo bwo gupfunyika kugirango ukore urufatiro. Ibara ryera nubururu byerurutse noneho byashyizwe kumurongo muburyo buzengurutse, hanyuma bifatanyirizwa hamwe mbere yuko ibara ryombi rikomera.
Dragonfly - amasaro yijisho ryamaso yari yiganjemo amasaro yikirahure mugihe cyimpeshyi nimpeshyi mugihe cyibihugu byintambara. Babonetse kandi muri Aziya yo Hagati, Aziya y'Iburengerazuba, no muri Afurika y'Amajyaruguru, kandi ni ubwoko bw'ibikoresho by'ibirahure biboneka mu mico y'Abashinwa n'Uburengerazuba. Buri saro muriyi mugozi iratandukanye mubunini. Usibye diyama imwe y'icyatsi - isaro rifite ishusho, izindi zose zirahanamye, zasobekeranye, kandi zimeze kimwe. Aya masaro, hamwe namabara afite imbaraga nuburyo busanzwe, yerekana urwego rwo hejuru rwubukorikori kandi bifatwa nkurugero rusanzwe rwamasaro yikirahure kuva mugihe cyibihugu byintambara.
