Cathaya _ Zhejiang kaixiya Garment Co. Ltd.   

"Cathaya" sign in CATHAYA from the ancient Greek CATHAY, original intention is the oldest, put the silk has a long history and its eternal charm. In 5000 Chinese silk cultural tradition and modern silk technology has established "the cultural foundation of Cathaya". "Till death do us part" is "Cathaya" spirit of dedication, "spring silkworm cocoon for the moth and rebirth" is "Cathaya" spirit of innovation.



Kai Xiya will be a modern fashion art into the ancient silk, not only solved some fabric defect silk itself has, also make the silk with the sense of modern art.



clothing is the human civilization and ideological evolution of performance, is the crystallization of human wisdom, is an important sign of the difference between human and animal. The silk is China textile history of pride, is our country clothing history a dazzling pearl.



according to the analysis of historical records and expert, Chinese in 3 BC to fourth Century have learned to domestic sericiculture, hand ladder. From the legend that China, sericulture, silk reeling history can be traced back to about seven thousand years ago: the era of Emperor Yan Shennong taught people to plant mulberry, the Yellow Emperor yuan Fei Lei taught people to silk. From the archaeological perspective, exploring Zhejiang Hemudu Site Yuyao cultural relics have indirect use of silk fiber example.

silk clothing has always been a noble, elegant representative. In Japan, silk kimono is the most noble clothing; in the west, medieval crusade to the Holy Church laid back to silk to wrap; during President Reagan's visit to China, first lady Nancy wearing a cheongsam for China attended the banquet.



silk clothing not only noble texture, and the friendship or representative. The Han Dynasty of the ancient Silk Road pioneer Zhang Qian to exotic King gift silk. After the magic silk alerted the world, from then on, silk products along the Hexi corridor through Dunhuang, Yumen, Tianshan Mountain, and Pamirs plateau flows to the west, the communication channel between the western culture, economy, trade credit in this article as the "silk road". In the Western silk was equivalent to gold, known as "fiber queen". Even the ancient western countries put China called "Sayers" (seres, namely: silk).



now, silk clothing has become an important part of human elegant clothing, to recover one's original simplicity, return to nature's green revolution under the initiative, a natural fiber has the health care function of the skin of woven silk clothing, consumer mature performance, is the consumer health consciousness. With high-tech means to enter the field of silk production, the ancient silk clothing will radiate a more dazzling brilliance.

China silk production accounted for about 80% of the world's total output, India, Brazil, Vietnam and other state-owned small silk production. The main origin China silk distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Chongqing, Liaoning (silk), Shandong and Anhui etc..



silk, this now seems ordinary and the ordinary things, in ancient times, nearly a thousand years, has always been a China unique even have strategic value of goods. Although there is no concept of the ancient intellectual property, but in that year, our ancestors to protect is silk technology favorably even very fruitful. Not only the relevant technical protection, even the silkworm was also Chinese governments to take out of the country until sixth Century, is said to the western regions. But in first Century the Rome naturalist Pliny the elder in the "natural history" has the following records: "Lin middle silk, well-known premises. After the woven into beautiful Wen Chi, trafficking in Rome. Women's noble, cut into clothes, brilliant.".



visible China silk in vogue at that time, and the Romans even thought the silk is produced in the tree. Because silk is brought from the Far East, the price is expensive, leading to the Rome gold outflow, the Senate had ordered a ban on wearing, but to no avail. A famous Egyptian queen Cleo Patra will play from the east of the silk. China silk became a symbol of noble status and identity, enduring.



in history, a large demand for China silk directly stimulate the East-West trade route of development and prosperity, which not only makes the monopoly Chinese benefit not shallow, also makes the trade route between Central Asia, West Asia countries and the Persian merchants brought huge profit, left many beautiful decoration. palaces and buildings for future generations.



it is no exaggeration to say, the silk from the ancient Chinese, like CPU in today's America. The ancient Chinese especially great wealth accumulated by the Tang Dynasty, silk trade credit.