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reel silk from cocoons
Silk is a treasure brought to the world by ancient China people. -Joseph Needham
China's English is "China", which means "porcelain". In fact, its origin only began in the Middle Ages. As early as ancient Rome, the Romans didn't know much about China porcelain, but they were fascinated by the silk of this ancient oriental country, so they called China the "Silk Country" or Seres. It is said that silk reached 12 two gold pounds after it entered Rome. Although it was very expensive, the Roman nobility still longed for it. In order to import silk, the Roman Empire lost a lot of gold and silver, and many later philosophers regarded silk as a symbol of corruption in the Roman Empire.
Silk and cocoon naturally exist, but many ancient civilizations did not invent reeling technology like China, and turned them into colorful and beautiful silk.
When China's sericulture and silk reeling technology originated, it is still inconclusive. According to archaeological findings, as early as 5,000 years ago in the Neolithic Age, there was artificial cocoon cutting; Archaeologists have found a large number of silk fabrics, ribbons and silk threads in the Neolithic site in Qian Shan, Zhejiang, which has been around for 4700 years. According to the historical book "Sui Shu Li Yi", there are words such as silkworm, mulberry, silk and silk in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, and it is also recorded that when. ...
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