The addition of hand-woven patterns started a real fashion for the mats, making them a much-sought-after commodity, and high officials and rich folk going to the capital also looked on "dragon and phoenix mats" as ideal gifts to present to superiors. The rushes began to be specially cultivated instead of just being cut from the wild.
大官富紳進京時更將「龍鳳蓆」視為上貢珍品；而藺草也由野生成為栽培作物。