What Is a Cotton Crop?

Cotton is a seed fiber of the cotton genus Gossypium in the Malvaceae family, which is native to the subtropics. The plants are shrubby and can grow up to 6 meters tall in tropical areas, usually 1 to 2 meters.

The origin of cotton is India and Arabia. Before cotton came to China, China had only

It has been widely cultivated in cotton producing areas of the country and has replaced tree cotton and straw cotton. China's existing cultivars include: Si cotton, German cotton, cymbal cotton, Ke cotton, etc. Recently, the high-yield varieties have Lumian No. 1 in the north. Native america

Cotton Fun Facts

1. Blue jeans are made of cotton. The word denim comes from French, serge de Nimes, or "cloth of Nimes". "Nimes" is a French town known for its rich fabrics.

2. Corduroy is also cotton. The word also originates from French and is largely translated as the King of the Ropes.

3 The most expensive jeans are available at Escada for $ 10,000. This pair of jeans is inlaid with Swarovski crystals.

4 The most expensive pair of jeans ever sold was from Levi's. More than 60,000 US dollars were photographed on Ebay, but the buyer was Levi Strauss himself.

5. British women were banned from wearing cotton fabrics in the 18th century because cotton was considered erotic at the time.

6. Elvis' cotton underwear has also been valued at $ 1,300.

7. If all cotton in the United States is used only for jeans, the total output would exceed 5 billion.

8. A bundle of cotton can produce nearly 1,217 T-shirts or 313,600 cash notes of one hundred dollars.

9. A baseball can use 150 yards of cotton.

10 75% of US paper money is made from cotton.

11. Cotton is also a food crop. About 200 million gallons of cotton seed oil are used annually to produce foods such as French fries, butter and salad dressings. Cotton is also a raw material for toothpaste and ice cream as a product.

12. The average cotton pod contains about 500,000 fibers.

13. Cotton paper is used to help the United States keep three documents: the Declaration of Independence, the Freedom of Rights Act, and the Constitution.

14. Cotton = ××, which means it can replace what you want to say, but embarrassed to say, intimate words, like: You are my cotton.

15. Cotton = warm. Li Yuchun said on August 26, 2008 in the post "It seems": Thank you everyone for giving me cotton. Cotton = warmth.

Cotton Qianlong Royal Book

Cotton Picture

The "Imperial Cotton Chart" collected by the National Library is a set of paintings from cotton planting, management to Atlas of the whole process of weaving, spinning and dyeing into cloth.

Cotton illustration

Fang Guancheng, Ziya Valley, a native of Tongcheng, Anhui, was Governor of Zhili for more than 20 years during the Qianlong period. During his tenure, he was diligent in civil affairs, governing the water systems of the Yongding River, Ziya River, and Zhang River, repairing canals and dams, and developing Farmland irrigation undertakings show outstanding achievements; especially pay attention to cotton activities.

The Qing Fangguan Cheng Chengzheng said, poetry, Qing (Gao Zong) Hongli running poems. The Qing Dynasty (1644 ~ 1911) was expanded, and one volume was installed, twenty-four open and forty pages. The outer height is 30.5 cm and the width is 29.8 cm. The inner height is 23.5 cm and the width is 26.4 cm. Title of Shuli: "Cotton Picture of Royal Title". Carved seals and prefaces of Fang's on April 11th and July 16th.

The "Cotton Map" has 16 pictures, including cloth species, irrigation, tillage, picking, cotton picking, refining, collecting, nuclear rolling, bombardment, restraint, spinning, looping, cloth pulp, On the machine, weaving, training and dyeing, each picture is equipped with a text description and a seven-character poem, like a comic strip. Included in the book is Kangxi (Xuan Zang) "The Order of Kapok Fu", which is the only monograph on cotton in China.

The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty traveled through Baoding. Fang Guancheng took a set of maps from cotton planting, management to weaving, weaving, and weaving into cloth, with the background of cotton behavior of the Emperor Qianlong viewing the Yaoshan Wang's Manor. The framed "Cotton Picture" congratulates the emperor. Emperor Qianlong repeatedly read the "Cotton Picture" and was amazed and praised. He wrote seven quatrains for each picture title, a total of sixteen. Such as the "Irrigation Map" inscription poem: "The origin of soil thickness is good, but the water is different from the south, and the drenching wells are irrigated, so my farmers are always busy." At the same time, there is no work in the deep rolling at night, and the general machine has no pattern, and the big wheel pushes the wheel from ancient times.

Therefore, "Cotton Chart" is also called "Yutian Cotton Chart". In July of the same year, the method engraved the poems in the "Cotton" including Qianlong's poems on twenty end stones. Eleven pieces are 118.5 cm long, 73.5 cm wide, and 14.2 cm thick; the other is 89 cm long, 41.5 cm wide, and 13.5 cm thick. The full text is engraved with Yin lines, fine lines, rules of the house, lively figures, and different images on the screen, highlighting the theme, reflecting the hard working scene of the peasants at that time, and a strong atmosphere of life. Coupled with Emperor Qianlong's poems, his poetic style is vigorous and expressive, which is a rare art treasure. It has important data value for studying the development of Chinese painting and the evolution of traditional painting techniques today. The exquisite painting methods, the various carving techniques, and the exquisite workmanship of the extensions are sufficient to reflect the depth of ancient Chinese culture.

The original stone still exists between the walls of Lianchi Academy in Baoding, Hebei, and is now in the collection of Baoding Museum. After hundreds of years, it is still intact.