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The history of hemp fabrics, hemp advantages, disadvantages, and what hemp material

Common ramie, flax, jute, jute, hemp, hemp, hemp, abutilon,

Advantages: breathable, with a unique sense of coolness, sweating does not stick to the body; color and lustre is bright, there is a better natural luster, is not easy to fade, not easy to shrink; thermal conductivity, hygroscopicity is greater than cotton fabrics, insensitive to acid and alkali reactions, anti-mould, not easy to moisture mildew; anti-moth-eaten, anti-mold is better

Weaknesses: feel rough, not smooth and comfortable to wear, easy to wrinkle, poor drape; hemp fiber steel hard, poor holding power. Wearing not smooth and comfortable, easy to wrinkle, poor drape; hemp fiber steel hard, poor holding power.

History: hemp fiber is the earliest human use of textile raw materials for clothing. Egyptians have been using flax fibers for 8,000 years of history, the tomb of the Egyptian mummy's shroud up to more than 900 meters long. Linen from Egypt gradually introduced into Europe, making Europe an important source of linen. China as early as 4000 BC in the Neolithic era known to use ramie as a textile raw material. The Ramie fabric fragments found in the excavated relics at Qianzuiyang, Wuxing, Zhejiang Province, are relics from 2700 BC. Fine ramie fabrics were also found in the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan Province. Before Ramie fabrics, China used kudzu and hemp to weave cloth for uniforms. In the Book of Songs, there is a verse that reads, "The pond at the east gate is a place where Ramie can be composted". The summer cloth woven with ramie is a traditional Chinese fabric.