What fabric is ramie?

Ramie's stem bark fibers are slender, tough, white, shiny, tensile, waterproof, moisture-proof, elastic and insulating, and can be woven into summer cloth (especially the summer cloth produced in Liuyang, Hunan and Wanzai, Jiangxi), wing cloth of aircraft, lining cloth of rubber industry, wire coating, incandescent yarn, fishing net, rayon and so on. And blended with wool and cotton to make high-grade clothing; Short fibers can be used as raw materials for high-grade paper, gunpowder, rayon, etc. Can also be woven into carpets, sacks, etc.

You can also make handmade summer cloth.

Ramie with extended data

One of the important fiber crops in ancient China. Originated in the southwest of China. It was planted in some places in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the Neolithic Age. The earliest archaeological excavation is ramie cloth and fine hemp rope unearthed from the Neolithic site in Qianshanyang, Zhejiang Province, which has been more than 4,700 years. China is a country with many ramie varieties and wild ramie varieties, and China has the oldest ramie cultivation history, which has been more than 4,700 years. Ramie is more suitable for temperate and subtropical climate.

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Baidu encyclopedia-ramie