In ancient modern times, the development of textile process is designed according to textile raw materials, so raw materials play an important role in textile technology. In the ancient world, the fibers used for textile were all natural fibers, generally three kinds of short fibers: wool, hemp cotton. For example, in the Mediterranean region, the fibers used for textile were only wool flax; in the Indian peninsula region, cotton was used before. Ancient China only used these three kinds of fibers, but also used a lot of long fibers - silk.

Silk is the best, longest most slender textile fiber among all natural fibers. The extensive use of silk fiber greatly promoted the progress of Chinese ancient textile technology textile machine, thus making silk production technology become the most characteristic representative textile technology in ancient China.

Refers to the general term of spinning weaving.

"Mozi ciguo": "women abandon their textiles cultivate their literary talent, so people are cold." "Sui Shu, biography of women, Zheng shanguo's mother": "silk weaving, women's business, the queen, down to the officials wives, each has its own system." "History of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Zhizhuan": "poor, wife textile to the day night, straight reading talking freely." Wu Zhichang, Qing Dynasty, guest window gossip · the legacy of Lu Qing's sacrifice to the Duke: "those who are most profitable are like textiles. everyone can do it. " Cao Yu other "Dan Jian Pian" Act 4: "occasionally a few sparks, I think women are still spinning."