Silk,+Jace

Chinese Inventions
=__Silk__= By Jace Hipp

__My Invention__
Silk today is one of the best materials and symbolizes wealth. But where did this material come from, how is it made, and what is it used for today? What is the silk road? You will learn all of this in my article about silk. Ancient stories say that silk was made by luck when a woman found a fruit, found it hard to eat, and boiled it. Still, it was still to hard to eat! Soon the woman got mad and beat the fruit with sticks.. and suddenly silkworms burst out of it. Turns out the "fruit" was a caccon! One cacoon thread can stretch for a mile. Find out more intersting stories and great facts later in my paper!

__When silk was invented, why,where, and who invented it?__
Sure we all know what silk is... but where did it come from and why was it made? Research shows that the erliest silk was created 4,700 years ago (3,300 b.c.) It is said that Lei Zu searched for the type of cattapiller to make the cloth that her husband the yellow emporer recived and soon later found it. Later on she made silk and is named the inventor. Why silk was invnted was for to east reasons. First, becuase it is so soft and comfortable. Second, it helepd China get money becuase of its mayor trades with other civilizations. I will talk more about the trade in "The silk road."

__How silk was invented__

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Silk was invented in a very unike way. Most peopel think silk coems from the worm... but it doesnt. The cacoon fabric is woven and then made into big blankets. That's it... all the Chineese people had to do was create silkworm (which is made by planting Mulberry trees and letting the silkworms make it home), take the cacoon and weave. The cacoons Some citizens took it to the next leval and died the cacoon in red and blue! Weaving the silk can take 8-12 hours. The people may pound the silk to make it smoother. See, not the long of a process!===== __How silk is used today__ Silk is mostly used as clothing. In the U.S. silk is used for mostly dresses but can be bought as blankets and shirts/pants. In India silk represents wealth and the more elaborate designs on silk means you are rich. Overall silk is made as clothing or blankets and is not made for anything else. In 2010 silk was rated the most comfortable clothing material on earth! What a great material!

__Silk road__
The silk road obviously wasn't made of silk but was a VERY important series of roads and routes to China. The silk road is actually many roads and routes across the sea. There are 4,000 miles of road. China used these roads to trade their silk to other civilizations. They would carry their silk in rather boats or wagons all the way over to Europe of needed. The silk road was dangerous because of the Takla Destert which brings up big sandstorms. After that traders must pass over the Pamir Mountians. Most people did not do all the way across the silk road. THeere would be many trades throughout the road. This ment when the silk reached the Mediterranean, it cost alot. Following this, missionaries from India used the road to spred Hinduism. This is how China got most of its money and became a powerful empire.