THE GREAT DISCOVERY OF SILK

 

THE GREAT DISCOVERY OF SILK:- The exact time of discovery of silk is perhaps unknown. According to an old chinese legend, the empress SI-LUNG-CHI was asked by the emperor HUANG-TI to find the cause of the damaged leaves of mulberry trees growing in their garden. The empress found white worms eating up mulberry leaves. She also noticed that they were spinning shiny cocoons around them. Accidentally a cocoon dropped into her cup of tea and a tangle of delicate threads separated from the cocoon. Silk industry began in china and was kept a closely guarded secret for hundred of years lateron, traders and travellers introduced silk to other countries. The route they travelled is still called the silk route:....