Silk, a kind of textile, is made of silk synthetic fiber, artificial fiber, short silk, etc.; it is a general term for pure interwoven fabrics made of silk artificial silk.

In ancient times, silk was a kind of textile made of silk (mainly mulberry silk, but also a small amount of tussah silk cassava silk). Due to the expansion of textile materials in modern times, all textiles woven with man-made natural filament fibers can be called generalized silk. The silk made of pure silk is also called "real silk".

Silk is a special product of China. The ancient Chinese working people invented produced silk products on a large scale, which opened the first large-scale trade exchange between the East the West in the world history, known as the silk road. Since the Western Han Dynasty, China's silk has been shipped abroad in large quantities, becoming a world-famous product. At that time, the road China to the West was called the "Silk Road" by Europe, China was also called the "silk country".

It was found in four Weng coffins at Wanggou site in Xingyang, Henan Province, which is said to be the earliest silk remains in China about 5500 years ago.