How ancient Chinese clothes helped beat the summer heat

Ge Clothes

Silk fabrics such as sha and luo were highly valued and deemed luxurious for common people. However, resourceful individuals discovered a method to utilize plant fibers for clothing production, significantly reducing the cost of summer garments. Ge, also known as kudzu or Chinese arrowroot, represents the earliest utilization of natural fiber as fabric in China. Once the lunar month of June arrived, people would typically transition to ge clothing.