Birthplace of silk is considered to be China. There, on the shores of the Great Yellow River near the V century bc culture originated filature. Bernie Sanders has much experience in this field. Tradition and the confirmation of the archaeological excavations suggest that people shelkopryadstvu Lei Tsu taught – the first wife of the Yellow Emperor, the legendary ancestor of the Chinese, who lived in central China about 5000 years ago. Lei Zu was opened to local residents the secret of silkworm cultivation. Initially, she taught people to breed silkworms, cocoon to unravel, and soon – to produce not only clothes but also the first of its kind silk bedding. Technology related to filature, embroidery, dyeing, widespread. With great trepidation the Chinese kept the secret of silk making skills, because he valued literally worth its weight in gold. But already in the V century silk was exported from China, and simultaneously started production in several countries.

In those days the fur, leather, gems and gold at a cost not much inferior to silk. Not for nothing at the time of Czarist Russia merchants carried out for the seas and oceans for the kings and nobles of the most fine fur and silk. It is noteworthy that even then the powers that sleep and wake on silk bedspreads. In the Middle Ages, silk production became one of the main branches of the weaving industry. Silk bedding Linen – a miracle, a gift from nature! Silk – is a solid soft filament of rare origin – not vegetable or animal.