The traditional method of fluffing up quilts took shape during the Yuan dynasty (1271 to 1368), when the Woman of the Yellow Way (the Chinese zodiac) is said to have improved the cotton-fluffing bow by lengthening it from one-and-a-half to four feet and adding a rope string, which increased its effectiveness.
彈棉花的形式大致在元朝時定型，據說有黃道婆者，改良了原有的一尺五寸長的彈棉弓，而為一種四尺長，以繩為弦的大彈弓。於是提高了彈棉的生產力。