Printed Cloth

Printed Cloth

　　Printed Cloth

　　The areas around Qiaolin Town in Pukou District are abundant in cotton, and the town has numerous cotton traders. Owing to the advantage of producing and selling cotton locally, several workshops in Qiaolin Town weave cloth using small looms, producing what is known as small-loom cloth (the Fu family on North Street had nearly ten looms). The finished cloth is then printed with classic, old-fashioned designs and blue floral patterns using traditional methods. The people of Qiaolin Town use this printed cloth to make quilt covers, headscarves, scarves, aprons, wraps, curtains, door curtains, and more—exuding a strong folk flavor.