O ne of the most advanced fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal faces an engineering problem which an ancient Chinese silk-weaving tactic may solve. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor ...

A growing number of visitors are flocking to the Suzhou Silk Museum, one of only two state-owned museums in southern China ...

Nantong kesi, a branch of Ben kesi, a type of Chinese tapestry weaving, dates back to the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). The silk threads used in Nantong kesi are relatively thick, resulting in ...

Weaving 220 silken warp threads for every ... When we sent our works to Italy, they were astonished by how seamless the Chinese silk merged with European art. "Chinese silk brings the smooth ...

Luo(gauze), a Chinese traditona silk weaving method listed as Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage. Photo: Courtesy of Zhu Liqun Surrounded by silk reeling machines and listening to the rumbling ...

People have been weaving silk, which is known as si in Chinese, into fabric for more than 5,000 years. Once upon a time, when spring transitioned into summer, the Grand Canal, a vast waterway ...

The Malaysian girl was curious about the knowledge of weaving from a thread to a silk carpet. On the same day, in the "museum" of silk carpets with patterns of Chinese and Western cultural themes ...

Chinese landscape motifs made their way west along the Silk Road to Persia, where the landscape backgrounds ... both to cater to the export market and because it became stylish in China as well. Ikat ...

The cost of Chinese silk yarn has nearly doubled from Rs.1750 per kilo in August 2010 to Rs.3600 in 2013, making it unaffordable for the traditional weaving population. With power looms ...

In fact, in 2016, Chinese archaeologists announced that they’d found ... Though the strands likely came from wild silkworms, they may have been woven into silk fabrics, as weaving tools were also ...