Do you love Chinese silk? This wondrous natural material was the imperial dynasties' NO.1 export item for many centuries, and it is still a hot item wherever the silky material goes.

Shiny, lustrous, soft yet strong, it can be beautifully and brilliantly dyed. The history of Chinese silk stretches back more than 2,000 years.

China Is the World's Foremost Silk Producer

China produces about 150,000 metric tons annually, and quality the best. This is much more than the rest of the world combined, producing 78% of the world's silk.

An Interesting but luxuious Fact

An interesting but luxuious fact is that workers can unwind about 1,000 meters long silk from one cocoon by pure hands, while 111 cocoons are needed for a man's silk tie, and 630 cocoons are needed for a woman's blouse.

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History of Silk

Chinese people were the inventors of silk fabric, and no other culture discovered this process independently. The history of silk making stretches back 6,000 years, and the earliest example of silk fabric that has been discovered dates from 3,630 BC in Henan. Silk cloth manufacture was well advanced during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) era.

It is thought that silk was exported along the Silk Road routes by about 400 BC or so,

from then on, Chinese silk, along with many other Chinese inventions, were passed to Europe. Romans, especially women, were crazy for Chinese silk. Before that, Romans used to make clothes with a linen cloth, animal skin, and wool fabric. Now they all turned to silk. It was a symbol of wealth and high social status for them to wear silk clothes.

Characteristics of Silk

1. Feeling of comfort. Real silk contains 100% natural silk, which can provide body feeling of comfort. Real silk is made from azelon, which has perfect biocompatibility with body.

2. Good moisture absorption and moisture releasability. The –CHNH and -NH2 silk contained can absorb or release the moisture in the air. The similar hydrophilic group can help our skin keep some moisture and protect from dry at room-temperature, and dissipate body heat and make our body cool in summer days. Besides, silk has strong warmth retention property. Its special fiber structure can prevent the heat dissipate in winter days.

3. Good acoustic absorption, dust absorption, and heat resistance. High voidage makes the real silk with good acoustic absorption, dust absorption. Except from making clothing, silk can also be made of carpet, curtain, and wall cloth, etc. The combustion temperature of silk is at 300℃~400℃，so it has good flame-retardant property.

4. Uvioresistant performance. The tryptophan and tyrosine in the silk fibroin have good uvioresistant performance. After absorbing ultraviolet rays, silk will have chemical reaction, that's why the silk is easy to be yellowing.

5. Quality silk is soft and glossy with clear and symmetrical colors. The shimmering appearance of silk is due to the triangular prism-like structure of the silk fibre.

It refracts incoming light at different angles and so produces different colors.

In a word, it will bring you great pleasure to wear silk. It makes people just gorgeous!!

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