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Huzhou Textile (series 4)

Time:2016-01-28 Source:worldsilk

The Silk Road and the Silk Town

Lao-tzu once said, silk is the softest and toughest treasure in the world, and garments in Jiang Nan are as softly tailored as breeze and water in nature, which says a thing and two about the softness of silk .Also because of its smoothness and softness, silk accompanied Zhang Qian abroad, travelling to the west out of ancient China, melting the cultural barriers between different nations, gaining the hearts of millions and truly delivering the promise as the toughest treasure in the world.

 

Today ,when the whole nation is revisiting the idea of One Road enhancement to expand new economic zones, Huzhou,as an immortal trade road  linking the world ,as the birth place of silk over 4000 years sgo, as the peak of silk making and trading in the last century ,as the manufacturer of a third of China`s raw silk and silk damasks, with its universal value and pioneering viewpoints, will again make contributions of a silk town construction from the starting poin of silk.