Tracing the origin of Li nationality's weaving and dyeing

According to historical records, the traditional cotton textile technology of Li nationality has a history of more than 2000 years. Since the Han Dynasty, Li Jin has become a tribute of feudal rulers in past dynasties. The traditional textile industries in China are silk spinning and hemp spinning. Cotton textile should be popularized to Hainan Island as soon as possible. Before the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Li nationality's cotton textile technology was ahead of Zhongyuan 1000 years, which made a special contribution to the development of cotton textile industry in China. The popularization of cotton textile industry in China began after the Song Dynasty in 1 1 century.

Hainan Island has hot weather, fertile soil and alkaline soil, which is very suitable for the growth of kapok. The cotton production in Jiuyazhou (now Sanya) is quite prosperous, and it is one of the origins of cotton in China. Women of the Li nationality in Yazhou pick new cotton, roll cotton seeds and hold velvet spinning in their hands. In the Song Dynasty poet Ai's "Kapok Poem", he once described the vivid scene of Li women's textile: the car turned to light thunder and autumn to spin snow, and the bow turned to play clouds on a half-moon night; Singing to keep warm when you die at night, the loom weaves women all year round.