Old Coarse Cloth

History

The Neolithic "spinning fiber" unearthed from the Yangshao Cultural Site in Henan means that textiles appeared as early as the Neolithic Age The rudiment of the industry. In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the wooden textile tool-waist loom was born; in the Han Dynasty, the inclined beam loom appeared, which was the most advanced loom in the world at that time; during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, people had used various techniques to knead cotton, silk, and silk. The weaving technology also made coarse cloth manufacturing gradually mature; in the Qing Dynasty, pure cotton hand-woven cloth was also used as a tribute to the court and as a precious traditional exchange gift with foreign friendly countries and neighboring countries, and used it to exchange gifts with Japan, Korea, India, Many Asian and European countries such as Persia and Arabia have established extensive economic and foreign trade relations. Pure cotton hand-woven fabrics have shown an important position in people's lives, clothing and clothing at that time. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, before foreign looms entered China, cloth merchants mainly used homespun looms to weave cloth by hand. From the introduction of foreign yarns to the weaving of cotton with foreign warp and native weft, it created a precedent for China's textile revolution. With the industrial revolution, Development, from the advent of textile machinery to its entry into China, textile machinery has greatly improved textile efficiency and saved costs. High-quality and low-priced foreign cloth has since emerged, replacing thousands of years of homespun cloth. However, with the development of modern industry, pollution has increasingly become a concern. Focus, while people are pursuing green and environmental protection, clothing and bedding, which are closely related to people's clothing, food, housing and transportation, old coarse cloth has been highly praised by people. Nowadays, thousands of them are in the Central Plains of Shandong. The peasant women used magical double handwriting to write simple, gorgeous and fashionable music on homespun - old coarse cloth. In today's society that advocates green and returns to nature, the pure cotton texture, ancient folk crafts, geometric patterns based on yarn-dyed weaving, and additional modern fashion elements of Shandong old coarse cloth are increasingly being pursued by mid-to-high-end people. A stylish addition to your home. As one of the representatives of the Yellow River culture - Lao Coanbu culture, its development is also a witness to the development of the Yellow River culture.

Technology

The ancient coarse cloth weaving process is extremely complex, from cotton picking to machine weaving, ginning, elastic patterning, spinning, threading, starching and dyeing, and chaotic threading. , falling thread, warp thread, brushing thread, making heddle, cutting out heddle, hoisting machine, bolting, weaving, weaving, etc. There are 72 large and small processes. Today is a very modern era, and all yarns are machine-spun. Yes, hand-spun yarn has long been history, and those spinning wheels have become antiques. Even the hand-spun yarn from the old Yellow River route is also machine-spun, but one has a larger twist and one has a smaller twist. After being combined, the hand-spun effect appears. There are manual skewers and warping machines, and there are also machine-made ones. There are also old coarse cloths that are completely hand-woven, which can only be used as special gifts or high-end consumption.

The old coarse cloth pattern is made from seven basic colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, indigo and purple. Hundreds of color lines are intertwined into endless geometric figures and colorful patterns. Ever-changing and ingenious, the styles range from simple and bold to exquisite and fashionable. Each process and each product involves complicated labor. It is a leader in modern handicraft industry.

Characteristics

Old coarse cloth is cool and comfortable, breathable and sweat-absorbent, bright in color, elegant in appearance, thick to the touch, thick in lines, deep in texture, smooth and wrinkle-free, not curled, and anti-static With long-term use, it can improve the body's microcirculation, regulate nerves, relax meridians, and promote sleep. It is a truly green product that realizes the thousand-year dream of combining traditional folk craftsmanship with natural raw materials, allowing the charming craftsmanship and culture of old coarse cloth to be inherited and carried forward.

Development Prospects

1. The brand economy of China's home textile industry has emerged. As consumers' requirements for grade, quality and added value of products continue to increase, home textile products have increasingly entered the era of brand consumption. In the near future, the country will integrate resources and reform the old coarse cloth home textile industry. Many unqualified manufacturers will be eliminated, and the products they produce will be banned or unqualified products will be destroyed or can only be given to consumers. Branded manufacturers provide OEM services and replace them with branded products, which is more conducive to ensuring consumers' rights and physical and mental health.

2. Product design has entered the original design stage. Whoever has original design will have the initiative in the market.

Characteristics and individuality have become the key words for competition, and the design concept of old coarse cloth will gradually change from "original" to fashionable, diversified, and personalized. To satisfy the new generation's pursuit of added value in home accessories.

3. Medium and high-end brands of old coarse cloth will become the mainstream of the coarse cloth market and will be favored by the market, thus growing rapidly. The low-end old coarse cloth market will be greatly impacted.

4. Since the old coarse cloth is a product developed from the countryside, the strategic focus will be to enter the city, penetrate into the hearts of urban consumers with healthy and fashionable consumption concepts, and become the new favorite of urban home textiles. At the same time, it will also drive towns and villages to have a new understanding and change of old coarse cloth, and complete the reorganization of the old coarse cloth industry.

5. Old coarse cloth must also be tested, a test report issued, and brand management. Those old coarse cloth without a "trademark" or "test report" can only be sold in towns or street stalls, and will never appear in cities. Specialty stores or exclusive areas of shopping malls, shops within shops.