Silk made such an early debut in Chinese history that it is even more time-honored than the four great in- inventions of ancient China (the compass, gunpowder, papermaking, and printing). The contributions it made to human beings are not inferior to those of the four great inventions, and it won ancient China a graceful name, […]
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As an ancient Chinese legend goes, there is a holy mulberry tree called Fusang on earth which soars into the sky, and on top of the Fusang tree stands the Court of Heaven, where there is an ingenious female weaver. Then, from a time that nobody knows exactly when, mulberry groves started rooting in soil […]