What is cotton popping used for

Popping cotton is used to make quilts.

Popping cotton, also known as "popping cotton", "popping cotton wool", "popping flowers", is one of the traditional Chinese handicrafts, the purpose is to make the cotton more The purpose is to make the cotton more fluffy and suitable for use, so that the quilts made are warmer and more comfortable.

Bouncing cotton has a long history, China in the Yuan Dynasty that is, there are still manipulation of this industry; in the old days, the rural areas, there are a lot of poor peasants and artisans forced by life, the whole year in the field for people to play cotton wool, commonly known as "popping cotton Lang". Yuan dynasty Wang Zhen "book of agriculture - agriculture - floss floss door," said: "when the cotton with cotton slingshot, made of bamboo, four feet long; the two ends to take the rope string taut, with the County Bow to play lint cotton.

Introduction to Cotton Playing

Cotton Playing is an old craft, although it is not common in the city nowadays, but people over the age of 40 have clear memories of Cotton Playing. Cotton popping artisans have a special bow for popping cotton, which is the most basic tool, and can be long or short depending on one's habits. By striking the strings on the bow with a wooden hammer, the cotton is dabbed, and the iconic sound we hear when popping cotton is emitted by the bow.

Playing cotton seems simple, but in fact it is a heavy physical work, without a certain arm strength can not hold the bow. Cotton popping is all in one hand, the strength is difficult to balance, no half a year is not learned. Playing a bed of quilts to go through the laying of yarn, laying red and green lines, put the cotton wool, play, pressure, grinding and other procedures, two people play a bed of quilts need a whole day.

When playing cotton, first tie a belt around the waist, then insert a wooden stick, tied with a rope, the left hand holds a bow, the right hand holds a mallet. Strike rhythmically with the mallet to achieve the purpose of cotton fiber reorganization. Bang, bang, bang? With the sound of a string, the hands of the mallet down, the white cotton wool on the board, and this rhythmic beat of a piece of fluttering.

After the cotton popped up, take a bamboo pole and gently laid on the plank bed, vertical and horizontal alternating cotton layer by layer spread all over the plank, and then the cotton on both sides of the yarn longitudinally and horizontally into a mesh, in order to fix the cotton. Cotton yarn paved, lock a side, and then a wooden grinder in the cotton tire back and forth light pressure, grinding, half an hour later, a bed of soft and comfortable and warm quilt processed.