What umbrella did Lu Ban invent?

In ancient times, there were no umbrellas Once it rains, people get wet. Luban has been thinking about how to avoid getting wet, so he built many small pavilions on the roadside for people to shelter from the rain in rainy days.

But it is time-consuming and inconvenient to make a pavilion. At this time, the clever Yun Tian had an idea. She studied the prototype of the umbrella according to the structure of the pavilion built by Lu Ban. According to the structure of the pavilion, she made an umbrella cover with cloth and umbrella ribs, and the prototype of the umbrella appeared.

Extended data

Oil-paper umbrellas have been popular since the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, the paper industry was very developed, and the social paper was widely used. Some craftsmen painted tung oil on paper to make an "oil-paper umbrella" that can prevent rain. For a while, it rained, and there were people holding paper umbrellas everywhere in Chang 'an. During this period, due to the emergence of special Xuan paper for painting and calligraphy, there appeared an oil-paper umbrella for painting and calligraphy with Xuan paper as the umbrella surface and painters writing and painting on the umbrella surface.

"Green oil umbrella" was widely used in Song Dynasty, and the color was mainly green. In the famous Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, people use this kind of "green oil umbrella" in the busy market. The word umbrella also appears frequently in literati poems. For example, in the Northern Song Dynasty, Kong Zhong Ping "forced Cao Ting to look far, and the paper umbrella could not be operated"; "The umbrella flies with the wind, and the thin horse worships oil repeatedly." The "oil suit" here also refers to the oil-paper umbrella.

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