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Newly dyed cotton dries in the traditional way. Indigo dyeing was invinted by the Chinese in the Han dynasty.

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita. No usage authorized without prior written permission.

Photo size: 14.1 Mpixels (40.5 MB uncompressed) - 4606x3071 pixels (15.4x10.2 in / 39x26 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: dyed cotton, cotton, Indigo, Han dynasty, Zheng He book, page 84-85

Hangzhou still produces the finest silk cloth, one of Zheng He's most prized items and still in worldwide demand today.

Newly dyed cotton dries in the traditional way. Indigo dyeing was invinted by the Chinese in the Han dynasty.

Hot was is applied to cotton fabric in designs and patterns and then dipped in dye. Here a worker scrapes wax off the dyed co...