The Book of Songs, World Wind and July vividly depicts the labor scene of women picking mulberry and raising silkworms at that time: "July is full of fire, and clothes are given in September." In spring, the sun shines and Amin is in the sky. The woman followed with a basket, begging for soft mulberry. This means that the sun is shining in spring and Huang is singing. Women are carrying laundry baskets and walking on the path in an endless stream, picking tender mulberry for silkworms.
According to Shangshu Gong Yu, silk in Jizhou, silk and hemp in Yuzhou are all famous local specialties. At that time, every household relied on women spinning and weaving to solve the clothing problem, and took textiles as a tribute.
Home textiles are very important. Zhou Li is called "women's work" and is listed as one of the "six major responsibilities of the state". From the collection of raw materials and dyes to the processes of spinning, dyeing, sewing and clothing, the government has set up full-time workers and institutions, such as kudzu vine, palm dyeing grass, classic women's wear, classic silk, classic clothing, indoor clothing, sewing and dyeing.
During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the owners of sericulture and silk weaving concentrated in the Yellow River valley. Besides silk, silk, silk, silk, silk, silk, silk and silk, various colors of jacquard brocade and embroidery have also appeared. Embroidery technology is very mature, and the braiding method used has been passed down to later generations. However, cast embroidered clothing is a luxury in fashion, and there are few products, which are only for nobles to enjoy.
The clothes worn by ordinary people are mostly hemp, but hemp also has thick and thin, high-quality and thick fabrics for slaves to wear. The fine linen worn by slave owners is comparable to modern fine linen.