288K views · 3.4K reactions | #Sericulture #SilkWormFarming #SilkHarvesting #SericultureIndustry #SilkProduction #SilkWormCultivation sericulture, silk worm farming, silk harvesting, silk production, silk worm cultivation, silk industry, sericulture practices, silk worm life cycle, mulberry silk, tasar silk, eri silk, muga silk, silk worm eggs, silk worm rearing, silk worm feeding, silk worm cocoon, silk harvesting process, silk production techniques. | GD King | Facebook

10K views · 57 reactions | Witness the spectacle of Xiangyunsha (Gambiered Canton Gauze) drying in the sun in Foshan, China. The craft of dyeing and finishing the fabric was listed in 2008 as a national intangible cultural heritage. #China #Foshan #Silk #IntangibleCulturalHeritage #GambieredCantonGauze | China Xinhua News | Facebook

You probably know silk comes from worms, but this fabric has been flexing for about 7,000 years. Its natural shine comes from a triangular fiber structure that bends light, and for centuries the method to make it was such a guarded secret it reshaped global trade along what we now call the Silk Road. It takes roughly 3,000 silkworms to make one kilogram of silk, and today most of it still ends up in fashion, with China producing more than the rest of the world combined. Beautiful, ancient, high

169K views · 875 reactions | Thousands of silkworms are required to create just one pound of silk. Here's how the labor-intensive process works: | Vox | Facebook

How silk is made from silkworm? | Hashem Al-Ghaili