| − | '''Silk''' is a soft cloth woven from the thread of the [[silkworm]]. | + | '''Silk''' is a soft cloth woven from the thread of the [[silkworm]]. Silk was so highly revered in China that it was called imperial cloth and bureaucrats from Bejing controlled every aspect of its production. Silk worms were often thought to contain a piece of the ancestors soul that would be transmitted into the silk. |