[Common textile manual] mats - summer essential items

Mats are made of grass, sassafras, bamboo, rattan, sunflower and cotton as raw materials and woven by hand or by machinery. They are not only the necessities for the masses to pamper themselves, but also have certain artistic values. They are decorative items that the masses love. .

The main feature of the mat is sweat absorption and heat dissipation. Such as rushes as the main raw material. The stems of rushes have a tough, smooth and rounded epidermis, with five or six chloroplasts and stomata beneath the epidermis. The medullary part of the stem is loose stellate cells, also known as sponge tissue. Therefore, the rushes are tight inside and loose, tough and elastic, and have strong sweat absorption. There are bamboo mats, its raw material is bamboo, pits with large holes, many pores, good conductivity, and fast heat dissipation. Moreover, Zhuqing contains silicon and is easy to absorb sweat. Therefore, bedding bamboo mats are cooler than straw mats. Warm coastal areas, people use straw mats. In the highlands of the interior and basins, bamboo mats are often used. The mats have these good natural attributes, making it a good bedding for the summer. The mats are mainly made of plants such as grass, bamboo and other plants, so they have a large volume and should be protected against insects and moths during storage to prevent mildew.

China has a long history of seats. Archaeological discoveries have been made by weeding in the Neolithic Age 6,000 to 7,000 years ago. In the Yin Dynasty of 3000 years ago, the use of the seat was more common. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the mats had already entered the circulation market as commodities and were sold to Nanyang countries. According to historical records, the straw mats in Mingzhou, Zhejiang Province have been sold overseas. The straw mat in Xichuan, Xichuan, descends along the Yangtze River and sells in Nanyang countries. Zhou Chao's observation of the Yuan Dynasty, "Zhai-la weather" also contains "underground shop, Mingzhou's mat." Zhen La is now Cambodia, which proved to be exported to Southeast Asian countries.

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Color: mostly plant color, light yellow, light green and so on. Material: rush, bluegrass, sub-grass, yarrow, bamboo fiber, bamboo, linen and so on.