After the Temple of Heaven we went to a silk factory. They take cocoons from silk worms, soak them in water, and then unravel them. Each one is made up of a single thread. Sometimes two worms make cocoons together. When that happens they can't unravel them so they stretch them out and use them in a silk blanket. Here is our group trying their hand at stretching silk. Of course they also offered silk products for us to purchase, and we didn't want to appear unfriendly.
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looks like Connie is having lots of fun!
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