Brand Story | Our Pillows and Ramie

For a long time, a series of sleep problems such as babies sweating, restless sleep, and head shape being prone to sleep deviation have been a major concern for many parents, and sleep quality is the decisive factor affecting baby development.

 

For a long time, a series of sleep problems such as babies sweating, restless sleep, and head shape being prone to sleep deviation have been a major concern for many parents, and sleep quality is the decisive factor affecting baby development. Mr. Li Jiuhua, driven by his passion for creating the pillow that best suits the development of Chinese babies, read through a group of books and conducted field investigations, finally discovering a local fabric from Jiangxi - ramie.

Ramie, a fabric plant that stretches for thousands of years.

 

01/Traceability

Ramie is a perennial herbaceous plant of the nettle family, also known as mountain hemp, Tianqingdi white grass, etc. It is an important phloem fiber crop.

 

According to ancient books from the Tang Dynasty, Fenyi County in Jiangxi Province offered ten pieces of white ramie cloth as tribute, indicating that at that time, ramie products had become a precious treasure favored by the royal family and high-ranking officials and nobles. Liangliang, characterized by ramie, strictly selects Gan Jue No. 3, which can only grow in Yichun, Jiangxi, and uses nine complex processes such as twisting yarn and sizing to make fabric. Each piece of fabric needs to go through dozens of processes to be formed, and every high-quality product requires countless inspections before it can be put on the market.

 

 

02/Historical Records of Ramie

Ramie is one of the five ancient hemp varieties in China. Its stem phloem fibers are glossy, resistant to mold and not easily dyed, and the woven fabric has good breathability. After harvesting ramie, people will remove its leaves, remove bones, take the hemp back home, then twist the hemp into yarn, and finally weave it into cloth.

 

After the ramie is made into fabric, it needs to be washed and bleached with ash to make white ramie fine cloth, which is what Zhu Xi referred to as white fine cloth.

 

After undergoing processes such as brushing, shaping, and printing and dyeing, white muslin fine cloth is woven into the famous muslin, also known as "satin" after the Song Dynasty.

 

 

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In the Book of Songs, the poem "Mayfly" describes the ramie silk woven by ramie as "hemp clothes like snow", which can be comparable to silk; The "Yuefu Bai Zhu Ge" also praises: "The quality is like light clouds and the color is like silver, making it into a robe and a scarf".

 

Ramie, the best choice for fabrics from Liangliang Company

 

Ramie fabric has advantages such as roughness, straightness, elegance, lightness, coolness, breathability, and antibacterial properties. Its superiority and unique style are incomparable to other fibers.

 

It can be blended and interwoven with cotton, silk, wool, or synthetic fibers to compensate for the shortcomings of the four major fibers mentioned above and achieve optimal fabric performance.

 

01 Antibacterial, mite removal, and odor prevention

The special ultra-fine microporous structure inside ramie fiber gives it strong adsorption ability, which can adsorb harmful substances such as formaldehyde, benzene, toluene, ammonia in the air, and prevent babies from being harmed by chemicals. Moreover, after being exposed to sunlight, the harmful substances adsorbed on ramie fabrics can evaporate on their own, causing their adsorption function to automatically regenerate. At the same time, ramie fiber contains elements such as pyridine, pyrimidine, purine, etc., which have varying degrees of inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, etc. It has functions such as anti-corrosion, antibacterial, and anti mold.

 

According to relevant experimental evidence, when observed under a microscope, the same number of bacteria can reproduce in large quantities in cotton and wool fiber products, while the bacteria on ramie products are killed by about 75% after 24 hours.

 

Due to its innate antibacterial properties, ramie is also used in the production of various health products

 

02 Moisture absorption and breathability

Ramie fiber is widely recognized as the "king of natural fibers". Compared with other fibers, the cross-section of ramie fiber is a cavity structure, and its unique active cavity guiding structure can allow inhaled sweat to penetrate into the cavity and quickly guide out.

 

This gives it superior breathability and heat transfer, with more water absorption and faster moisture dissipation, and excellent moisture absorption and breathability

In addition, the unique grooves and voids of its natural ramie fibers keep the surface temperature of the ramie fabric consistent with the temperature of the human skin;

Therefore, wearing it in summer makes people cool, while in winter it feels even more comfortable

 

03 Health and Environmental Protection

Ramie does not require any chemical pesticides during its growth process and can resist various diseases and pests on its own. It is a globally recognized rare and precious resource for ecological protection, comparable to ordinary cotton textiles and other products.

The hemp fabric does not contain any chemical toxic ingredients and has been tested to fully meet the standards for infant use.

 

04 UV resistance

The UV penetration rate of ramie fiber is less than 0.5%, and its UV resistance is 41.7 times that of cotton.

Therefore, ramie can effectively block the radiation of ultraviolet rays on humans without causing any irritation to the skin.

 

05 Anti static

Ramie material is naturally anti-static and not easy to absorb dust.

 

06 Anti mold and wear-resistant

Durable, strong and with low elongation, coupled with being less susceptible to mold corrosion and insect infestation, it is known as the "soft gold that will not rot for a thousand years".

 

Widely used in fields such as parachutes, safety ropes, and home textiles, it has strong anti mold and wear-resistant properties, effectively extending the service life of items.

 

In view of this, after the official launch of the Liangliang brand, Mr. Li Jiuhua led his team to continue exploring solutions for baby and child sleep scenarios, and developed a series of products such as pillows, cool mats, urinary pads, and sleeping bags. From functionality to aesthetics to home feeding, Liangliang continuously endows its products with new ideas and soul, creating a pioneer in China's infant and child bedding products and establishing a benchmark position in the industry!