What fabric is calico?

1. What is printed fabric?

Printed cloth is a kind of cloth made of gray printed paper by high temperature printing. Calico was popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties, very popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and even reached the peak of the whole ancient period, and was deeply loved and sought after by many people.

2. Introduction of Nantong Blue Printed Fabric

Nantong blue calico was called patchwork in Song Dynasty and water calico in Ming Dynasty. Nantong is the main production base of blue calico in China, and homespun and natural bluegrass are common things for farmers. Therefore, the blue calico dyehouses in Qianzhuang Houfang used to be all over rural market towns. Blue calico is generally used to make daily clothes, quilts, mosquito nets, pillowcases, wrap cloths, etc. The patterns of blue calico are simple, beautiful and auspicious, and most of them are based on birds and animals, flowers and trees and myths and legends, such as Five Blessingg (bat) holding longevity, (fish), lion rolling hydrangea, carp yue longmen and so on.