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Sericulture and Silk Production

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China is the cradle of silk. Mulberry planting, silkworm breeding, silk reeling, and weaving are all great inventions of the ancient Chinese people.

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  1. China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou, China

    Feng Zhao

  2. Institute for the Natural Science History, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Hui Liu

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  2. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Lisheng Feng

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Zhao, F., Liu, H. (2020). Sericulture and Silk Production. In: Hua, J., Feng, L. (eds) Thirty Great Inventions of China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6525-0_4

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