Silk made such an early debut in Chinese history that it is even more time-honored than the four great in- inventions of ancient China (the compass, gunpowder, papermaking, and printing). The contributions it made to human beings are not inferior to those of the four great inventions, and it won ancient China a graceful name, […]
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As an ancient Chinese legend goes, there is a holy mulberry tree called Fusang on earth which soars into the sky, and on top of the Fusang tree stands the Court of Heaven, where there is an ingenious female weaver. Then, from a time that nobody knows exactly when, mulberry groves started rooting in soil […]
There are two main types of silk quilts on the market today: mulberry silk and tussah silk. Many people are not clear about the difference between them and often mix them up, but there is a big difference between the two.Mulberry silk is thin and long, white with slight yellow colour, and feels delicate and […]
In the Tang Dynasty, the famous line of the poet Li Shangyin: “The spring silkworm will not be finished until it dies, and the wax torch will be dried up when it becomes ashes”, sings a spirit of survival and struggle. From a biological point of view, when the spring silkworm spits out its silk, […]
Silk has always been expensive in our minds, but the prices on the market are baffling, ranging from tens to hundreds. Some silk quilts are as little as $19 a bed, not a kilo. It makes people wonder why the price of silk quilts is so low? The first thing you can be sure of […]
More and more people choose mulberry silk quilts as a dowry when they get married, at least two beds, some as many as six beds, eight beds, do you know the reason? Although silk culture has a long history, it existed as a luxury or royal tribute for a long period. Only royalty and nobility […]
Speaking of sericulture and silk reeling, it goes back as far as the time of the Yellow Emperor.In ancient times, many clans and tribes were living in the vast land of China. At that time, a tribe called the Yellow Emperor tribe defeated another tribe, the Jiu Li tribe. To celebrate the victory, the Yellow […]
Emollient health care: The silk fibre is rich in amino, amine and other hydrophilic factors, has strong moisture absorption and release, can regulate the skin moisture, keep the skin clean. Silk fibre with 97% protein content contains 18 amino acid components similar to human skin, 8 of which are essential amino acids that increase the […]
Across the river of history, 4,700 years ago, silkworms were raised and reeled on the shores of Lake Taihu, and silk products travelled around the world along the Silk Road, becoming the link that carried Chinese civilization. According to archaeological discoveries, people already used silkworms to make silk products such as Luo, damask, yarn, crepe, […]
The silk colour is the first thing we see when we open the inspection port of a mulberry silk duvet. We can even deliberate on the quality of the silk directly according to its colour. Depending on the raw material cocoons, the silk production process and the silk used for the duvet, the paint contains […]