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![]() Textile technique (fǎng zhī jì shù 纺织技术) has a long history in China. As early as in the primitive society, people in ancient China have taken advantage of the natural resource to make simple textile facilities for weaving so as to adapt to the changeable weather.
The development of textile technology is depended on textile material. Therefore, the material of textile is of great importance in the textile technology. In late years of the Song Dynasty and the early years of the Yuan Dynasty (yuán cháo 元朝), Huang Daopo (huáng dào pó 黄道婆) had learnt from the Li people (lí zú rén 黎族人) a series of techniques of planting as well as cotton spinning and weaving. She also popularized and improved many textile machines so that the efficiency of labor was greatly increased. She improved on the cotton fluffer and In ancient China, besides wool, cotton and flax, people also used silk for textile. Silk is the best textile fibers which can be weaved into various complicated tracery. The widely use of the silk has also greatly promoted the textile techniques and textile machines. Thereby, the silk production technique has become the most representative in ancient China. 纺织技术 中国机具纺织起源于五千年前新石器时期的纺轮和腰机。西周时期具有传统性能的简单机械缫车、纺车、织机相继出现,汉代广泛使用提花机、斜织机,唐以后中国纺织机械日趋完善,大大促进了纺织业的发展。
古代中国除了使用棉、麻、毛三种纤维外,还大量利用长纤维——蚕丝。蚕丝在所有天然纤维中是最优良、最长、最纤细的纺织纤维,可以织制各种复杂的花纹提花织物。丝纤维的广泛利用,大大地促进了中国古代纺织工艺和纺织机械的进步,从而使丝织生产技术成为中国古代最具特色和代表性的纺织技术。
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