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Why does cotton play?

What kind of cotton should I use? I believe many friends will hear family members say they want to play cotton in their daily lives, but they may not quite understand why they want to play cotton. Let's have a look.

Why does cotton play?

First of all, cotton is scattered when it is just picked, and it needs to be combined with play to form the cotton wool we use. Then playing cotton can make cotton softer and keep warm better.

Brief introduction of playing cotton

Playing cotton, also called playing cotton, playing cotton wadding and playing flowers, is one of the traditional handicrafts in China. Playing cotton has a long history. The industry of playing cotton appeared in China in the Yuan Dynasty. According to the yuan dynasty Wang Zhen "agricultural books? Farm tools? It is recorded in Flocking Door that people used bamboo to make a cotton bow about four feet long, tied it with a string, and then played cotton with the bow. In the past, one of the dowry when marrying a daughter was a quilt made of new cotton.

With the development of the times, playing cotton has now become an old craft, and the tools for playing cotton have gradually changed from the bow, millstone and flower hammer to the machine for playing cotton.