Often associated with the Japanese, where the tatami is a standard household feature, tatamis most likely have their origins in the T'ang dynasty (618-907 AD), when there was a great deal of contact between Japan and China.
榻榻米一向是日式房屋的主要建材，因此以榻榻米裝璜的房屋，總讓人覺得有點「日本味」，殊不知榻榻米最初是源自我國。