During the Tang and Song dynasties,paper quilts were important daily necessities,products of a specific historical stage,and well documented in history books and poems.The study of paper quilts is conducive to the promotion of cultural cognition of paper products,and to the understanding of literary trends and socioeconomic conditions at that time.We reviewed the historical books and poems,and analyzed the literary imagery,production process and practical use of paper quilts by using the methods of literature collation and data analysis.This research holds that:1)During Tang and Song dynasties,the abundant paper quilt was then gradually pushed out of the history stage because of cotton cultivation,when history books and poems in the data focused on the description of the paper quilt white and warmth,paper quilt was used to express the poverty,friendship,and elegance of the interest;2)paper quilt fabric was rattan paper and kozo paper,made of wild rattan and kozo bark,paper quilt wadding was willow flocculent,rutabaga,wadding which could be placed on the paper quilt interlayer,to enhance warmth;3)paper quilt could be used for paper quilt interlayer to enhance warmth;paper quilt can be used for the production process and practical uses;paper quilt could be used to protect from the cold,and also the government relief disaster relief materials,the ancients relied on the convenience of the natural environment for mass production of paper quilt in order to make a profit,so the paper quilt had become the famous products in Zhejiang,Fujian,Anhui,Jiangxi,etc.
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