The umbrella structure is generally composed of three parts: umbrella handle, umbrella bone and umbrella surface. The umbrella handle is the backbone of the umbrella and supports the whole umbrella. It is mainly made of wood, bamboo, metal and other materials. The umbrella bone supports the whole umbrella surface. It can be folded and opened for easy carrying; The umbrella surface is the middle part of the umbrella, which is responsible for shielding the rain. The production materials include plastic cloth, oilcloth, silk cloth and durable and practical nylon cloth.

　　The previous history of umbrellas in China has been more than 2000 years. At the end of the spring and Autumn period, the wife of Luban, the "ancestor of craftsmen", saw that her husband worked outside for many years. He suffered from the sun and rain, so she wondered: can you create an "active Pavilion" for her husband to take out with her? Once the sun or rain comes, she can let her husband hide from the sun and rain? Later, she cut the bamboo into thin strips, used a bamboo stick as a handle, gathered those thin strips, and then covered them with animal skin to make them close like a stick and open like a cover. A reduced "Pavilion" - umbrella, which can be carried around, was born.

　　Later, people continued to improve on the basis of Yun's umbrella, replacing animal skin with silk; In the Song Dynasty, oil paper was used instead of silk to make paper umbrellas.

　　Foreign "umbrella" has another development track. The English name of the umbrella is umbrella, which comes from the Latin "winbra", which means shade. Because in the west, the main body of the early umbrella was a sunshade, covered with a tight linen, people first used it to shade.

　　In the middle ages, the umbrella became a symbol of religious rights (it is still one of the ceremonial guards of the Pope). The higher the status, the more luxurious the umbrella. The umbrella used by the Pope is decorated with bright red and golden fur, and the handle is engraved with exquisite angel statues.

　　About 1747 A.D., an Englishman traveling to China took a fancy to China's umbrella. When he returned home, he brought an oil paper umbrella made by Chinese people, and then asked someone to imitate its structure to create a silk umbrella with the shape of mushroom. Since then, China's umbrella has gone to the world, and the rain umbrella began to spread among the European people.

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