126 Kinds Of Homespun Samples Were Collected.

"Shun Feng cloth", "nine piece cloth", "fly foot cloth"......

126 samples of earth cloth in the Minhang area lie quietly in a collection, which records a unique collection of history in Minhang. It is an old cultural worker who lived in the sixty year old and lived in Hebei new court. He spent more than three years collecting it.

Recently, the Minhang District archives has provided support for the elderly's collection action - a digital photo archive for the cloth.

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Speaking of the collection of homespun, we owe it to the wife of Warren's wife, the beautiful colorful nine piece of homespun.

Three years ago, when Warren was finishing things at home, he discovered this treasure by accident. He thought that Shanghai had a reputation of being "dressed in the world" in history. At that time, the villagers in Minhang were mostly cotton planting, spinning in their spare time, on the one hand, they could solve the problem of clothing and paving in the family, on the one hand, they could also supplement their families after the sale, and the farmers themselves were very popular.

However, in recent years, with the development of economy, villagers' clothing and economic needs have long been satisfied, so almost no one has done this job.

"At that time, I thought, I must hurry up and make some notes for the history of Minhang."

According to Warren's introduction, according to the old tradition of rural areas in Minhang, when women get married, they should have at least 6 self woven cloth as dowry. If the family is better, they can increase to 8, 12 or 16, and these fabrics are usually kept under the pressure box.

It is this custom that gives him the chance to find the old homespun cloth.

Warren started with his relatives and friends, and gradually expanded from one household to another.

Once you have a clue, call on your host. Cut out a piece of cloth from your homespun and bring it back to your collection.

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These homespun fabrics have a strong local flavor: longitudinal patterns range from narrow to wide, showing a proportion of change. It seems that there is a wind blowing, called "downwind cloth"; the pattern is repeatedly turning around, called "nine piece cloth"; "fly foot cloth" because the pattern is very thin, the villagers think that if they are generally named after the flies feet.

A variety of patterns reflect the prosperity of Minhang's rural textile industry.

Related professionals told reporters that the development of Minhang cloth is developed. On the one hand, climate and soil are suitable for cotton growth; and more importantly, Minhang is a famous port.

In today's Jiangchuan road street, in the past, due to the convenience of traffic, many dyeing houses have been opened. Most of the villagers have been dyeing cotton and weaving them at home after planting cotton.

At present, the Minhang District Archives Bureau has scanned all the homespun collected by Warren's collection into an electronic picture and deposited it in a file.

These will be regarded as valuable materials for recording the past economic and cultural characteristics of Minhang.