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Photo 6 Peeled ramie fibers drying under the sun
3 Ramie Fibre: A Luxury Vegan Silk
Many consumers in the west favourably compare ramie to linen, however, ramie possess a silky sheen unmatched by other bast fibre. This shining lustre results from the
length of ramie fibre which surpasses its bast challenges. After years of research and
improving industrial clean production of ramie fibre’s comfort in wearing; industrial
made ramie fibres from Sichuan Province can be as beautiful as silk:delicate, smooth,
soft and comfortable, with a silky lustre.
This article wants to present here is ramie’s former life: Xia Bu 夏布: the
handmade fabric, before the arrival of industrial revolution?
4 Xia Bu 夏 夏布 布, a Handmade Fabric with Ramie
Xia Bu is hand-woven fabrics with ramie. Xia Bu is coarser than ordinary ramie,
because Xia Bu fibre is not being de-gummed.
7 Before the industrial revolution,
humans made their textile with hand loomed machines. Xia Bu was one of them with
ramie fibres from ramie plants. Although Chang Jiang River region is the centre of
ramie cultivation, ramie plants also can be found in the north of the river, from Anhui
Province to Korea and Japan, and in the south of the river, from Guangdong Province
7 For ramie dygumming processed fiber, please visit www.ramie.info.
Y. Luo
Photo 6 Peeled ramie fibers drying under the sun
3 Ramie Fibre: A Luxury Vegan Silk
Many consumers in the west favourably compare ramie to linen, however, ramie possess a silky sheen unmatched by other bast fibre. This shining lustre results from the
length of ramie fibre which surpasses its bast challenges. After years of research and
improving industrial clean production of ramie fibre’s comfort in wearing; industrial
made ramie fibres from Sichuan Province can be as beautiful as silk:delicate, smooth,
soft and comfortable, with a silky lustre.
This article wants to present here is ramie’s former life: Xia Bu 夏布: the
handmade fabric, before the arrival of industrial revolution?
4 Xia Bu 夏 夏布 布, a Handmade Fabric with Ramie
Xia Bu is hand-woven fabrics with ramie. Xia Bu is coarser than ordinary ramie,
because Xia Bu fibre is not being de-gummed.
7 Before the industrial revolution,
humans made their textile with hand loomed machines. Xia Bu was one of them with
ramie fibres from ramie plants. Although Chang Jiang River region is the centre of
ramie cultivation, ramie plants also can be found in the north of the river, from Anhui
Province to Korea and Japan, and in the south of the river, from Guangdong Province
7 For ramie dygumming processed fiber, please visit www.ramie.info.