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Do you know? The ancients were afraid of discoloration in laundry. The family of Cao Xueqin, a literary writer, had a charge that the clothes that paid tribute to Yongzheng faded after only a few times of washing. In order to prevent the clothes from fading, the ancients also tried many methods, such as using Gleditsia to wash clothes, but the effect was not satisfactory after all.

As a matter of fact, laundry has run through the history of human life for thousands of years. In addition to using Gleditsia, laundry also has different methods and stories in different stages. Let's take a look at it today.

The first stage: tamping clothes by hand

In ancient China, washing clothes was called "tamping clothes", because the way of washing clothes was to put dirty clothes on the slate and beat them with a pestle to remove muddy water and then wash them to make them clean. In addition to physically hammering clothes, in ancient times, people would add plant ash to laundry to increase the cleaning effect, because plant ash contains potassium carbonate, which can remove dirt from clothes.

Stage 2: manual washing machine

In 1858, an American named Hamilton Smith made the world's first washing machine. The main part of this washing machine is a barrel, which is equipped with a straight shaft with paddle-shaped leaves, which is driven by hand crank to rotate the straight axis in the barrel to achieve the washing effect. But it is more like a manual clothes mixer than a washing machine.

The third stage: automatic washing machine

In 1910, the world's first electric washing machine was successfully trial-produced in Chicago, USA, marking the formal entry into the automation stage of laundry work. In 1932, Bendex Airlines launched the first drum washing machine, which achieved laundry, rinsing and dehydration in the same drum. In 1955, Japan developed the wave wheel washing machine. At this point, the wheel washing machine and drum washing machine began to divide the world equally.

It is worth mentioning that the first fully automatic washing machine in China was developed by Little Swan in 1978, which opened the era of washing machine automation in China.

Stage IV: washing and drying all-in-one machine (washing and drying set)

Later, with the progress of science and technology and the rise of neo-consumerism, the public demand for laundry care is increasing day by day, from the initial "washing" to the "washing and drying" stage. The washing and drying suit also started the high-speed replacement of single washing drum washing machine in 2019. In 2020 alone, China's washing and drying suit accounted for nearly 50% of the offline market of drum washing machine.

At the same time, in order to better meet the needs of the public for laundry care, the major washing machine manufacturers are also making continuous progress, washing machines not only become more intelligent, but also more functional. For example, in order to solve the problems of special stains (such as coffee stains, blood stains, etc.) and color mixing, home appliance head brand Little Swan developed the blue oxygen special stain clean technology in 2021, which forms blue oxygen molecule OH through high precision ionized water molecules, goes deep into the source, and realizes that the special stains are not tedious, mixed washing anti-color, white clothes are not yellowing, and so on, to help everyone restore the original cleanliness of clothing. At present, this technology has been used in ultra-thin natural color washing and drying sets.

In October this year, Little Swan will also launch a series of upgraded "natural" washing and drying sets for the pure flat of Little Swan, which is equipped with a newly upgraded "blue oxygen color protection washing technology". On the basis of the strong blue oxygen stain cleaning technology, color protection technology is added, which can produce five kinds of live oxygen factors by electrolysis, and the oxidation efficiency can be increased by 30%. It can not only decontaminate and prevent color, but also better fix color and protect color. The color protection effect is equivalent to the sum of 10 color protection films, making the white clothes whiter and the colored clothes more colorful.

It is worth mentioning that the Little Swan flat all-embedded "natural" washing and drying suit not only has a super "color protection" function, but also adopts the newly upgraded 6D air flow drying technology. through the adjustment and change of wind speed, air volume, wind pressure and wind direction, the effect of "wind coming out from all directions and baking inside and outside" can be realized easily, whether it is difficult to bake large clothes or down jackets that are easy to run. Restore the original appearance of the clothes. Interested friends can look forward to it with me.

The development of the times and the progress of science and technology have not only made our life more convenient, but also made laundry, which used to be "manual work", more and more simple, and the problem of laundry fading has gradually become "history". So, which one of these "laundry phases" are you most interested in?

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