In the first stage they have started reeling silk on five machines with 30 basins which were installed in one of the filatures in 1999 but have remained unused. “We have hired workers from ...

Silk craftsman Zhu Liqun sits in front of a silk reeling machine. Photo: Courtesy of Zhu Liqun Luo(gauze), a Chinese traditona silk weaving method listed as Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The aim is to involve fast-paced technology like the establishment of an automatic reeling machine (ARM) in Jammu (there is already one in Kashmir), planting of more mulberry trees, establishing ...

Luo(gauze), a Chinese traditona silk weaving method listed as Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage. Photo: Courtesy of Zhu Liqun Surrounded by silk reeling machines and listening to the rumbling ...