SILK ORIGIN
There are long history of Chinese planting mulberry and silkworm, retrospected to New Stone Age, most of original record during Ying Dynasty and Shang Dynasty, prosperity in Hang Dynasty, mainly distributing in ChangJiang River area and Huang He River area. Just the cradle of silk in the world.
SILK ROAD
Come of B.C. 5 century, east of ShanXi Province XiAn (ancient ChangAn ), Passing west of GanSu Province, XingJiang Province, over Pamirs, mid of Asia , west of Asia and eastern Med, finally to Europe, total 7000 Km.
KINDS
Mulberry & Tussah:
Mulberry silkworm eating mulberry leaves, distributing in JiangSu, ZheJiang, SiChuan,GuangDong & GuangXi, Sinkiang. Silk thread soft and thin,the quality more than Tussah.
Tussah silkworm living in tussah tree, originating from ShangDong province with 3000 years longer history, ever recorded in <Er Ya> of the XiZhou Dynasty. The silk thread
thick and rigid,with a little yellow color, loose. |