Ilaphu lomqhaphu lolunye lweentlobo zelaphu ezisetyenziswa ngokuqhelekileyo kwihlabathi. Le textile i-chemically organic, oku kuthetha ukuba ayinayo nayiphi na i-synthetic compounds. Ilaphu lomqhaphu lithatyathwe kwimicu ejikeleze imbewu yezityalo zomqhaphu, ethi ivele ibengqukuva, kubume obumfumamfuma xa imbewu ivuthiwe.
Ubungqina bokuqala bokusetyenziswa kwe-cotton fibers kwi-textiles buvela kwiindawo ze-Mehrgarh kunye ne-Rakhigarhi e-Indiya, ehlala malunga ne-5000 BC. I-Indus Valley Impucuko, eyayigubungela i-Indian Subcontinent ukusuka kwi-3300 ukuya kwi-1300 BC, yakwazi ukuhluma ngenxa yokulima umqhaphu, eyabonelela abantu bale nkcubeko ngemithombo efumanekayo yempahla kunye nezinye iimpahla.
Kusenokwenzeka ukuba abantu baseMelika basebenzisa umqhaphu kwiilaphu kwakudala ngo-5500 BC, kodwa kuyacaca ukuba ukulima umqhaphu kwakuxhaphake kulo lonke elaseMesoamerica ukusukela ngo-4200 BC. Ngelixa amaShayina aMandulo ayethembele kakhulu kwisilika kunomqhaphu ekuveliseni impahla, ukulinywa komqhaphu kwakuxhaphakile e-China ngexesha lolawulo lweHan, olwathatha ukusuka ku-206 BC ukuya ku-220 AD.
Ngelixa ukulinywa komqhaphu kwakuxhaphakile eArabia naseIran, esi sityalo somqhaphu asizange sihambe sisiya eYurophu de kwasekupheleni kweXesha Eliphakathi. Ngaphambi kweli xesha, abantu baseYurophu babekholelwa ukuba umqhaphu wawukhula kwimithi engaqondakaliyo eIndiya, kwaye abanye abaphengululi ngeli xesha bade bacetyisa ukuba le mpahla yayiluhlobo loboya.eveliswa ziigusha ezikhula emithini.
Uloyiso lwamaSilamsi kuSingasiqithi we-Iberia, nangona kunjalo, lwazisa abantu baseYurophu kwimveliso yomqhaphu, kwaye amazwe aseYurophu ngokukhawuleza aba ngabavelisi abakhulu kunye nabathengisi bomqhaphu ngaphandle kunye neYiputa neIndiya.
Ukusukela ngeentsuku zokuqala zokulinywa komqhaphu, eli laphu belixabiswa ngokuphefumla kwalo okungaqhelekanga kunye nokukhanya. Ilaphu lomqhaphu lithambe ngendlela emangalisayo, kodwa lineempawu zokugcina ubushushu ezilenza libe yinto efana nomxube wesilika kunye noboya.
Ngoxa umqhaphu womelele ngakumbi kunesilika, awuhlali ixesha elide kunoboya, yaye eli laphu kudla ngokuba lula ukupelwa, ukukrazuka nokukrazuka. Nangona kunjalo, umqhaphu uhlala ungomnye wamalaphu aziwayo kwaye avelisiweyo kakhulu kwihlabathi. Eli laphu linamandla okuxinana okuphezulu, kwaye umbala walo wendalo umhlophe okanye utyheli kancinci.
Umqhaphu ufunxa kakhulu amanzi, kodwa uphinde wome ngokukhawuleza, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ufume kakhulu. Ungahlamba umqhaphu kubushushu obuphezulu, kwaye eli laphu litsala kakuhle emzimbeni wakho. Nangona kunjalo, ilaphu lomqhaphu lithanda ukushwabana, kwaye liya kuncipha xa lihlanjwa ngaphandle kokuba livezwe kunyango lwangaphambili.
Ixesha lokuposa: May-10-2022