This silk-weaving technique dates back to at least ... rods – a technology preserved in the world’s first jacquard weaving machine unearthed at Chengdu’s Laoguanshan Tombs.

a local master artisan of silk weaving, observes attentively as silkworm cocoons are carefully boiled in low-pH spring water sourced from the slopes of Uludag Mountain. To preserve the silk ...