Blue printed cloth, also known as indigo cloth, is a traditional hand-printed and dyed product with a long history. With national characteristics and traditional characteristics, blue printed cloth occupies a certain position in folk art. Today, I will take you to see the historical legend of blue printed cloth.
Blue printed cloth is a traditional hand-printed and dyed product with a long history. It originated from Qin and Han Dynasties and flourished in Tang and Song Dynasties. Legend has it that a young man surnamed Mei accidentally fell and fell into the mud. His clothes turned yellow and could not be washed off, but people liked it when they saw it. I told him about a good friend surnamed Ge. Later, they specialized in dyeing the cloth yellow.
Another chance, when they were drying the cloth on the branches, was accidentally blown to the ground by the wind, and there was a pile of Polygonum vulgaris on the ground, which is now called isatis root. There is an ingredient in it called indigo. , you can dye the cloth blue, and when they find the cloth, the yellow cloth has become a piece of floral cloth, "one blue, one blue", they think the mystery must be in this isatis, after that, the two After many studies, people finally dyed the cloth into blue cloth, and Mr. Mei and Mr. Ge became the ancestors of blue printed cloth.