芋麻原产在中国。中国是世界上栽培和利用苧麻最早的国家。自古以来,苧麻就是重要的、天然性优良纺织原料,也是中国的特产,在世界上素有“中国草”(china grass)的声誉。中国苧麻较早东传到朝鲜和日本,日本称之为“南京草”。苧麻是多年生宿根草本韧皮纤维植物,生长年龄多达几十年以至百年以上。据考证:远在四千七百多年前的新石器时代,就有苧麻纺织的平纹细布和两股三股拧成的绳索。《唐六典》只记有“厥赋麻芋”,没提到丝织品。《庄子》一书中记 Taro native in China. China is the earliest country in the world to cultivate and utilize ramie. Since ancient times, ramie is an important, natural textile raw material, but also China’s specialty, known in the world as “China grass” (china grass) reputation. Chinese ramie spread eastward to North Korea and Japan earlier, which Japan calls “Nanjing Grass.” Ramie is a perennial perennial herb bast fiber plant, growing up to several decades and even more than a century. According to research: far more than 4,700 years ago in the Neolithic period, there are ramie woven muslin and two strands twisted rope. “Tang six Code” only remember “Jue fu Ma Lin,” did not mention silk. “Zhuangzi” in a book