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Original
Without calligraphy
Men preparing twig frames where silkworms will spin cocoons
Weighing and sorting the cocoons
Soaking the cocoons and reeling the silk
Spooling the silk
Weaving the silk
Captions
Women placing silkworms and mulberry leaves on trays (detail from 'The process of making silk' by Liang Kai during the Song Dynasty). Silkworms are caterpillars with a special cocoons; these cocoons are used to produce silks.