Silk cloth was first made in China about 5000 years ago. However, silk thread existed in China long before someone decided to make cloth from it.
The silk used for weaving cloth comes from the cocoons of the bombycidae type of moth. The moth lays eggs which hatch into larvae (caterpillars) which become pupae. The pupa wraps itself in a cocoon that it makes from the silk thread it extrudes from glands in its mouth.
Pupae had been making silk thread long before humans discovered what their cocoons were made of. So it is quite possible it was hundreds of millions of years ago that the very first insects invented silk in China.
SILK BECAME POPULAR IN ANCIENT CHINA IN THE 1200'S.
China became wealthy because only they knew how to make it
Somewhere around the 27th century BC
They invented silk cloth.....
The Chinese introduced silk to the Arabs, who passed it on to Europeans.
Europe wanted Chinese silk, tea, and spices such as: cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
Silk is the material produced by the silk worm to make its cocoon. The Chinese were the first to produce silk. The knowledge of doing it was kept as a big secret because silk was very expensive and the people who sold it got very rich.
Silk did make life eaiser. Silk made life silk making many accomplished inventions such as paper. Silk also makes clothing. Also, an ancient route in China was named after silk. It was named The Silk Road. That is how silk made life easier.
11 - 12 months
The Chinese didn't keep SILK a secret. They kept the methods of silk-MAKING a secret. The reason the Chinese kept silk-making a secret is because it was very EXTREMELY valuable. It was also a valuable trade good in distant lands.
The chines kept silk making a secret by making a lawthat said anyone whe tells the secret of silk making will be exicuted. (exicute means that they will kill them.
According to Chinese legend, the process of silk making began with Empress Leizu, also known as Xi Ling Shi. She discovered silk when a cocoon from a silkworm fell into her tea, unraveled, and revealed a long filament. She then began raising silkworms and developed methods to reel silk from the cocoons, which marked the beginning of silk production in ancient China.
The Chinese used webbed particles to create a fine strip of twine that created Silk.
The Romans did not look for silk weavers. They imported silk from China. The Chinese were very far from Europe and kept the art of silk making secret.
Revealing these secrets was punishable by death.
Revealing these secrets was punishable by death.
Revealing these secrets was punishable by death.
chinese silk was invented in 3000 B.C.
to the Chinese silk means royalty and power
From the chinese who made the silk
Silk.