History of silk

Silk (from Middle Latin seta) is a fine Fibrefrom the Cocoons the Silkwormthe Larva of the Silk spinnersis extracted. It is the only naturally occurring textile Endless fibre and consists mainly of Protein and is therefore very similar to our skin. It probably originates from China and was an important commodity traded across the Silk Road to Europe was transported.

Where is silk made

In addition to China, where the majority of production still takes place today Japan and India other important producing countries. Here in Europe, silk is considered a luxury item and is correspondingly expensive and not very common.

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Who discovered the silk?

Around 2600 years before the birth of Christ, Emperor Huang Di ascended the throne of a great empire in the Middle Kingdom. He was called the "Yellow Emperor" and became the founder of Chinese civilisation. He is said to have been very intelligent and practical; he is credited with inventing the wheel, pottery, the boat and many other very useful things.

His wife Lei Zu was in no way inferior to him in terms of intelligence. She was very interested in nature and discovered silk, among other things, during her observations.

One morning, as she was walking in the imperial garden on the Yellow River plain, she was threatened by a pest and fled to a mulberry tree. As she sat in the branches of the tree, she discovered small eggs stuck to the leaves, which she could not yet recognise. So every day she returned to the tree and watched as little caterpillars hatched from the eggs and began to feast on the mulberry leaves. When the caterpillars had reached a considerable size, they wrapped themselves in thread until nothing more could be seen of them and instead many oval, whitish shapes hung on threads from the leaves. The empress had the idea of unwinding these fine threads, spinning them into yarn and weaving them into a cloth for the emperor. When she had finished, the most beautiful and noble fabric she had ever seen lay before her. She deemed it worthy of her husband and gave it to him as a gift.

Who discovered silk

Silk production expertise was top secret in China. It was also forbidden to take silk spinners out of the country. It was not until much later that silk reached Europe and, due to the great demand, a lively trade in this product developed, which was later transported to all corners of the world via the Silk Road.