In Suzhou, we then visited a silk factory still
saw in the guide to everything from breeding. silkworm to the harvesting of silk and their different processing capabilities. of course, was at the end of the option to buy cheap silk products (Wen would have been surprised it).
catch but is still easy with the silkworm se to.
So after a good 4-5 weeks chrysalis the caterpillar and makes the famous silk cocoon. This consists of a single thread which was previously rolled by hand, you have the machine (well are also ready for the museum) is removed. Each thread you can see beautiful photo on the right.
The machines are, as I said, somewhat antiquated.
In the two movies you see broken once like the cocoon and the second is how stable the silk as soon as they are several layers.
Kurzweil-day trip, but 90 minutes long for a visit.