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China invented the raising of the verses very early to silk, the unwinding of the cocoons and the texture of the silks. One said that Leizu, the wife of Emperor Huangdi raised herself of the verses. The research of the archaeologists proved that the work of silk was known for a long time in China. Of the remnants of cocoons found on a Neolithic site in the village of Xiyin, in the Shanxi show that the inhabitants of the region of the Yellow Stream already knew this raising. Of the sculptures made of jade representing some verses to silk and the scales of turtles engraved “circa of the words to silk”, “bramble” and “silk” carry up at the time from the Shang.environs 21e.16th century J. Ave – C. .. Of this time, of the shreds of cloths, remained hung to objects of bronze and to weapons recovered in tombs, already put in evidence a technique of very complex texture.

Under the dynasty of the Zhous of the west, one manufactures beautiful embroidered materials of dark motives or in color. Later, were invented the faille.tissu of silk to big grains.et the brocade. To the time of the Qins and the Hans, the texture and the techniques of dye had made big progress. Some silks include Han discovered motives of astronomy, the characters and the geometric faces in color. To the 19th century, in the only borough of Shengze operated 8000 professions to spin.
Since the time Han, the Chinese silk and spilled its techniques in all the Asia and in Europe. The men of the ancient gave to China and his inhabitants the name of “seres” word coming of the Greek “sere” that means “silk” or the “country of silk” precisely.
One counts in China about ten silk varieties used for the manufacture of quality clothes or the decoration: crepes, satins, brocades, muslins, gauzes,. All these varieties are subdivided according to their decor and the technique of their manufacture. The oldest silks, including those of the Hans, silks to decor are formed by the chain. The silks to decor formed by the plot had appeared at the time of the Tang. Thereafter, the motive of chain predominated gauzes and formed the essential of the production.
China benefits from very good natural conditions. The north, covered with xilosmes, permits the raising of the tussore. The yearly production of tussore reaches 50000 tons. China of the south is rich in white bramble, the production of the silk of China influences the world consumption. Indeed, the production of the silk grège represents 65% of the one of the world, its volume of export 85% of the world trade of silk, the volume of export of the silks 50%. Until now, China possesses 1506 silk enterprises that distribute themselves country-wide, with the exception of the province of the Qinghai and Tibet. They use 800000 people. Himself is formed a whole system progressively around the silk understanding the teaching, research, the production and the technique.
In view of a better performance, the sector of silk introduced the advanced techniques and imported a set of modern handlooms to replace the former facilities. Besides, five hundred enterprises underwent a transformation to various degrees in order to improve the quality of the products and to enrich the range.
Research on silk has also achieved remarkable progress. One looked for new raw materials, manufactured on a trial basis while tiing new products on the market of the silks composed of wool, linen and of of of tinted acrylic and silk. The department made of polyester, created in the 80 years, is greatly exploited, the quality of some products reached the international level. The industry of the Chinese silk arrived to its ends: silk, the chemical fiber, cloth of mixed silk-polyester took a simultaneous flight. In the beginning of the 80 years, the creation of the hosiery made of silk renovated the traditional process that used during several thousands years of the shuttles to weave. The articles made of silk constitute a major point of the export.