China’s largest silk clothing wholesale market

Hangzhou China Silk City (Hangzhou Silk Market).

According to relevant public information inquiries, Hangzhou Silk Market was established in China Silk City in 2019. It covers an area of ??550 acres and is the largest silk wholesale market in Hangzhou. It is located in Xinhua, between the city center, Stadium Road and Fengqi Road. The west side of the road and the east side of West Health Road. Hangzhou China Silk City is located on the bank of the beautiful West Lake.

The tourist city center of Hangzhou, known as the City of Silk, was founded in November 1987 and covers an area of ??25,000 square meters. More than 600 silk companies are operating in the city, dealing in various silk fabrics, Silk clothing, silk handicrafts, scarves, ties, silk raw materials and various textiles.

Hangzhou Xinjiutian Silk Clothing Wholesale Center is the largest silk trading market in Hangzhou. The market has a simple and elegant architectural style, a rich cultural heritage, and colorful products.

Introduction to silk:

The product obtained by reeling mulberry cocoon. Put the high-quality silkworm cocoons into a cocoon cooker with 80°C hot water to soften and bulk them, then use a sweeper to pull out several cocoon silks together and continuously wind them on the reeling frame, which is called "reeling"; because At this time, the cocoon silk still contains about 20% sericin. The lustrous silk is covered with sericin, so the texture is slightly hard and translucent, which is called "raw silk".

Since the average length of silk that can be reeled from a cocoon is 600-800 meters, raw silk is a continuous fiber and is very suitable for weaving; after raw silk is refined and degummed, it is soft and shiny, and is called It is "cooked silk"; raw silk has three-point, five-point, and seven-point refining methods depending on the product use.

Raw silk is soft and smooth, has a full hand feel, good strength and stretch, is elastic, has a soft luster, is highly hygroscopic, and is non-irritating to the human body. It is an advanced textile material that can be woven into various types of fabrics with different tissue structures. Silk fabrics are used for clothing, indoor supplies, handicrafts, decorations, etc.

Raw silk also has high specific strength, excellent electrical insulation, good thermal insulation and flammable but slow burning properties. It has important uses in industry, national defense and medicine, such as making insulation Materials, parachutes, artificial blood vessels, etc.