It is time for the harvest season of "Chinese grass", and the burlap coarse clothes that were once made of Chinese grass have now become a "fashionable" luxury.
Chinese grass is also called wild hemp, or hemp tree or ramie. More than wild or sporadic cultivation. Figures 4 to 6.
In Qingjiang Crane's memory, wild hemp was used by rural women to hold the soles of shoes. The sole made of twine is not only strong, resistant to moisture and foam, but also breathable and highly comfortable. Therefore, many rural people like to wear these shoes. #The rural idyllic life I yearn for#
In ancient times, people had very few materials to make clothing. Wild hemp became a large-scale cultivation of crops used in the production of clothing materials. When it comes to the wild hemp harvest season, people will harvest the wild hemp plant with leaves. As shown in Figure 1, Figure 3, Figure 9.
Remove the leaves and apex, remove the lignified stems of wild hemp leaving the wild hemp skin layer. After soaking in water, scrape off the skin residue on the skin, leaving only the tough hemp wire (Figure 3) for simple processing, and after drying, the twine or rope is processed. After putting on the "yellow wax", you can hold the sole. #My Summer Country Life#
In addition to the soles of shoes, you can also use hemp wire to process thicker ropes, such as some supplies on ferries or fishing gear (such as hemp nets, fishing nets, etc.). Filter cloth (a type of cloth used in rural areas to process food) can also be processed.
In ancient times, clothes originally processed with hemp silk were coarse cloth, worn only by the poor. Later, because of the good luster and fiber toughness of hemp, it was gradually used in kampot processing for the royal family and dignitaries. For example, "Luo Silk" is produced and processed with ramie. #Sannong Squad#
At present, the "coarse cloth clothes" processed on the spot in many tourist scenic spots are processed by wild linen silk. Not only is it breathable, it's cool to wear, and it absorbs sweat. It is called "breathing fabric" and "walking natural air conditioner", think about it, what is it like to wear such clothes? There is no sense of luxury in the feet! Figure 2.
