The overall origin of curtain fabrics is that there have been windows since ancient times. With windows, people thought that there should be something to cover the windows, so curtains were created. At first, people had no cloth or paper, so they used leaves as curtains. Later, when people had cloth, that is, silk, the rich and powerful people of the royal family and nobles used silk as curtains. Later, after Cai Lun invented and improved papermaking, most ordinary people's families could use paper as curtains. So there was paper-cutting art, and the paper-cutting art on curtains was carried forward and passed down by the bamboo hat.

The main function of curtains is to isolate the outside world and maintain the privacy of the room. At the same time, they are also indispensable decorations. In winter, the curtains are drawn to separate the indoor and outdoor worlds, adding a warm and cozy feeling to the house. Modern curtains can reduce light and block light to meet people's needs for different light intensities; they can also prevent wind, remove dust, insulate, keep warm, and eliminate noise, improving the climate and environment of the room. Therefore, the ingenious combination of decorativeness and practicality is the biggest feature of modern curtains.