What is the development process of umbrellas?

Umbrella was first invented in China. It is said that as early as the Five Emperors, our ancestors began to use umbrellas. In ancient books, there is a record of the invention of such an umbrella: "Gai Hua was made by the Yellow Emperor. The war is in the field of Zhuolu, with colorful clouds, golden branches and jade leaves, which stop at the emperor and have the image of flowers, so it is also a canopy. " The meaning of this passage is that the umbrella was invented by the Yellow Emperor and used in the battle between Zhuolu and Chiyou. Moreover, the image of a flower was inspired by the inverted shape of a blooming flower, so it was also called the canopy. The Chronicle of the Five Emperors also wrote: "Shun defended himself with a rain hat." This is also evidence of the invention of umbrellas in the Yao and Shun era.

There is another saying about the invention of the umbrella. It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period, the most famous inventor in ancient China, Lu Ban-ching, often worked in the field. If he met with rain and snow, he would get soaked. Lu Ban's wife, Yun Shi, wants to make something that can shelter from the rain. She chopped the bamboo into many thin strips and covered it with animal skins, which looked like a pavilion, folded it like a stick and opened it like a lid. Anyway, the hometown of umbrella is obviously

In our country. In ancient China, the umbrella cover was made of silk, and later the umbrella became a symbol of power. Whenever emperors and generals go out to patrol, they use umbrellas of different colors, sizes and numbers to show their majesty. Until the Ming dynasty, it was also stipulated that ordinary people were not allowed to take umbrellas when traveling, but only paper umbrellas. Our umbrellas were introduced to Japan in the Tang Dynasty and then to the West. Britain's first umbrella was brought by our country. 1747, an Englishman visited our country and saw someone beating him.

Walking in the rain with an oil-paper umbrella, I thought it was practical and convenient, so I brought an umbrella back to England. Since then, umbrellas have spread all over the world.