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Origin of the name of herb-spot fabric
February 22, 2010, Monday
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THE herb-spot fabric got its name for the raw materials used in its production as well as its special look.
The word "herb" refers to indigofera, a kind of plant used to produce indigo, one of the dyes. In his book "Technology for Common People ¨? How to grow Indigofera," Jia Sixie, a Chinese writer in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), specified the extremely complicated method for extracting indigo from indigofera. This might be the earliest record of the technical process of indigo extraction in the world.
Based on its characteristics and conditions required for growth, indigofera is divided into four different types. Both the roots and fruits of indigofera serve as raw materials for Chinese medicine. According to Jia and Li Shizhen, a famous TCM scientist in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), indigofera as a medicine facilitates disinfection, inflammation relief, and clearance of heat and toxic materials from the body.
It is therefore good for preventing encephalitis, flu, hepatitis and other infectious diseases. The word "spot" refers to the spots left on the cloth from application of dye-resistant agents. Thus the herb-spot fabric was named, or fabric with flowers being watered, as it was popularly known.
During the Ming and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, the textile industry flourished in Jiading, thanks to Huang Daopo, a woman textile expert of the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368). After living in Hainan for 30 years, Huang mastered the weaving technology developed by the local people.
Coming to her home in Songjiang, Huang introduced weaving tools from Hainan and improved them according to local conditions. She not only came up with a whole set of new weaving tools, but also taught the local people the weaving process.
As a result, the textile industry saw unprecedented development around Taihu Lake. Since the industry and weaving technology were already developed in Anting, it was easy for residents to weave cloth and natural for them to invent the herb-spot fabric.
The word "herb" refers to indigofera, a kind of plant used to produce indigo, one of the dyes. In his book "Technology for Common People ¨? How to grow Indigofera," Jia Sixie, a Chinese writer in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), specified the extremely complicated method for extracting indigo from indigofera. This might be the earliest record of the technical process of indigo extraction in the world.
Based on its characteristics and conditions required for growth, indigofera is divided into four different types. Both the roots and fruits of indigofera serve as raw materials for Chinese medicine. According to Jia and Li Shizhen, a famous TCM scientist in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), indigofera as a medicine facilitates disinfection, inflammation relief, and clearance of heat and toxic materials from the body.
It is therefore good for preventing encephalitis, flu, hepatitis and other infectious diseases. The word "spot" refers to the spots left on the cloth from application of dye-resistant agents. Thus the herb-spot fabric was named, or fabric with flowers being watered, as it was popularly known.
During the Ming and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, the textile industry flourished in Jiading, thanks to Huang Daopo, a woman textile expert of the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368). After living in Hainan for 30 years, Huang mastered the weaving technology developed by the local people.
Coming to her home in Songjiang, Huang introduced weaving tools from Hainan and improved them according to local conditions. She not only came up with a whole set of new weaving tools, but also taught the local people the weaving process.
As a result, the textile industry saw unprecedented development around Taihu Lake. Since the industry and weaving technology were already developed in Anting, it was easy for residents to weave cloth and natural for them to invent the herb-spot fabric.
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