Suleiman, an Arab traveler in the 9th century, recorded in his Travels of Suleiman that seeing cotton in China was regarded as a "flower" in the garden. "Biography of Liang Shu Gaochang" records that "the grass is as real as a cocoon, and the silk in the cocoon is as thin as a row, which is called a white pile."
At present, the earliest cotton textile relic seen in the Central Plains is a cotton blanket found in an ancient tomb in the Southern Song Dynasty.
At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the court took cotton cloth as the first summer tax (cloth, silk, silk and cotton), and set up a kapok lifting department to collect cotton goods from the people. According to records, cotton cloth has become the main textile material every year. The Ming Dynasty also tried to collect cotton cloth, published books on cotton planting techniques, and advised people to grow cotton.
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It has been widely cultivated in cotton-producing areas all over the country and has replaced kapok and grass cotton. The existing cultivated varieties in China are: Zisi cotton, Dezi cotton, Daizi cotton, Kezi cotton and so on. Recently, there is Lumian No.1 in the north. Native to America and Mexico. /kloc-was introduced to China for cultivation at the end of 0/9th century.
In the production areas of the world
China, USA, India, Uzbekistan, Egypt, etc. Among them, China has the largest single output, and Uzbekistan is called "Platinum Country".
In the producing area of China.
Jianghuai Plain, Jianghan Plain, South Xinjiang Cotton Region, North China Plain, Northwest Shandong Plain, North Henan Plain, and Coastal Plain in the Lower Yangtze River.
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