Silk production
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A moth lays 500 or so eggs and then dies
Baby worms hatch from the eggs are fed mulberry leaves for one month until they are fat
The worms spin cocoons
The cocoons are steamed to kill the growing moth inside
The cocoons are rinsed in hot water to loosen the threads
Women would unwind the cocoons and then combine six or so fibers into silk threads
The threads are woven into cloth
The cloth is then pounded to make it softer
Why it was valuable to the Chinese
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Silk cloth was extremely valuable in Ancient China. Wearing silk was an important status symbol. At first, only members of the royal family were allowed to wear silk. Later, silk clothing was restricted to only the noble class. Merchants and peasants were not allowed to wear silk. Silk was even used as money during some Ancient Chinese dynasties.
Why it was secret
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Silk became a prized export for the Chinese. Nobles and kings of foreign lands desired silk and would pay high prices for the cloth. The emperors of China wanted to keep the process for making silk a secret. Anyone caught telling the secret or taking silkworms out of China was put to death.
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Este reportaje fue actualizado el 1 de diciembre del 2020 para incluir nuevos datos sobre la deforestación en Brasil.
Durante agosto del 2019, el aumento de los incendios en Brasil y Bolivia volvió a poner el Amazonas en el punto de mira.
Según un informe del Instituto de Investigación Ambiental de la Amazonía (IPAM) los fuegos estaban directamente relacionados con la deforestación.
A pesar de las promesas del gobierno de que pondría fin a la deforestación, los incendios en el bosque volvieron a ocurrir durante el mismo periodo de 2020.
Expertos atribuyen como las causas principales el acaparamiento de tierras y la expansión de la frontera agrícola y ganadera en estos dos países.
