02/04/2019
The Silk route is an ancient trade line of different markets between China and the Mediterranean Sea. Extending for over 6,400 Km linking the Far East with the Roman Empire.
Rome benefited from receiving spices, ivory, sugar and exotic fragrances. East Europe imported rice, cotton and silk fabrics from Central Asia. In the other hand, Europe exported big volumes of skins, furs, bark for skin processing, cattle and slaves.
The star product of the entire silk route was the trade of silk as a luxury textile material.
Silk was discovered in Asia in the 30th Century BC.
An interesting fact is that we can unwind about 1,000 meters long silk from one cocoon, while 111 cocoons are needed for a man's tie, and 630 cocoons are needed for a woman's blouse.
The main advantage of silk garments are:
1. Wearing a cloth made from silk is a comfort wearing experience.
The real silk is made from protein fiber, which has good biocompatibility with human body, and its surface is very smooth. The friction and stimulation coefficient of the human body is the lowest among all kinds of fiber.
2. Silk has a good hygroscopicity and moisture releasability.
In normal temperature, it can help the skin retain moisture, not to make the skin too dry. When wear in summer, it can also quickly excrete the sweat and heat of human body and make a person feel cool and incomparable.
3. Silk has functions of sound absorption, dust absorption and flame retarding.
Silk fabric has high porosity, thus has a good sound absorption and inspiratory, so in addition to making clothing, it can also be used for interior decoration to because it can adjust the indoor temperature and humidity, and can absorb harmful gas, dust and microorganism. Besides, the thermal denaturation of pure silk fiber is low. Using silk fiber as the raw material of indoor adornment can achieve a flame retarding function.
4. Silk can anti ultraviolet rays.
The tryptophan and tyrosine in silk protein can absorb uv, so silk has a better anti-ultraviolet function.
5. Silk can help in health care.
Silk fiber contains 18 kinds of amino acids necessary for human body, which is similar to the amino acid contained in human skin, so it is also known as the "second skin" of human. Its health function is irreplaceable.
