Second, the cotton planting time in Xinjiang is early and the cotton planting technology is mature. Xinjiang is one of the earliest cotton growing areas in China. In ancient China, cotton was called white velvet, woven shellfish or red shellfish. Today, Uighurs in Xinjiang call cotton Paheta. Some historians believe that Bai Die and Pachta have similar pronunciations and seem to be the same word. From the etymology, we can also see the traces of cotton introduced into the mainland from Xinjiang. The history of cotton planting in Xinjiang is generally considered to be not less than 2000 years. According to unearthed cultural relics and ancient books, from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, cotton was planted in all parts of Tarim Basin and Turpan, and cotton textile handicrafts were established. For example, in the tombs of the Eastern Han Dynasty unearthed in Minfeng County, there are batiks, white pants, handkerchiefs and other cotton fabrics. In the ancient tombs of Turpan in Jin and Tang Dynasties, cotton textiles were common. "Biography of Liang Shu Northwest Jungle" said: Gao Changguo is rich in vegetation, the grass is as strong as cocoon, and the silk in cocoon is as thin as silk, which is called white pile. People in China take weaving as cloth, which is soft and white. How can it be used in the market?
Third: Xinjiang is suitable for growing cotton. There are natural environmental conditions that are most suitable for cotton planting, such as abundant heat, abundant sunshine, scarce precipitation, dry air, large temperature difference between day and night and artificial irrigation with snow water in Xinjiang, which provide incomparable good conditions for cotton growth in other cotton areas in China. Therefore, planting cotton in Xinjiang has great advantages, with fewer kinds of pests and diseases, less harm, especially without the harm of red bollworm and less rotten bolls, which reduces the labor and cost of pest control and production costs. In addition, the cotton in Xinjiang has good tidbits, white wadding color and high grade, and the first-class and second-class flowers are above 0% a year, which has won unanimous praise at home and abroad. Experts believe that Xinjiang cotton has good spinnability and white color, which can be compared with California cotton.
Xinjiang not only widely grows upland cotton, but also grows long-staple cotton. It is the only long-staple cotton production base in China. Xinjiang cotton is mainly transferred to Shanghai, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Liaoning, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Henan, Gansu, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Jilin, Beijing, Shandong and Ningxia. Xinjiang long-staple cotton was exported to Romania in 1982. In the past three years, upland cotton and long-staple cotton have entered the international market, mainly exported to Romania, Japan, the Soviet Union, the Czech Republic, Yugoslavia and other countries. So as long as the cotton in Xinjiang is absolutely good, I never lie that I am from Urumqi, Xinjiang.