China is the home of silk, and was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as “Ceres”, which means “the land of silk” Silkworm farming is practiced in China, which requires attention to the cultivation of mulberry trees, and the techniques of silk winding, spinning, making and weaving have been practiced for thousands of years. Silk has always played a major role in Chinese civilization, and was a leading factor in establishing the Silk Road that linked the civilizations of the East and West Chinese silk is as old as Chinese civilization itself, and has developed alongside the Chinese people, and today Chinese silk continues its glorious journey.
