Traditional technology of transverse warp knitting mat

According to the introduction of Yunnan cultural department, as a typical representative of local traditional handmade summer sleeping mats, the most unique thing is that the straw mats produced in this county are "triangle grass" (square grass) planted in paddy fields and "stone grass" (round grass) planted in dry land. This kind of mat grass is planted twice a year, in the early spring of the lunar calendar every year, and harvested once before and after May 5 and Mid-Autumn Festival. Jute, another raw material for weaving warp mats, is planted in Liantan, Hekou, Dawan and other towns.

According to the inheritor, although simple raw materials such as mat grass (round grass, square grass) and twine are needed to make the warp mat, there are also wood looms, spinning machines, grass forks and other equipment and tools to make it. From planting grass and harvesting, to cutting grass, drying in the sun, sorting, cutting hemp, tearing strips and drying in the sun, to spinning, threading, laying, feeding grass, punching, forming, trimming, knotting, sorting and drying in the sun, to complete a product, at least 19 basic production processes are required.