They brought back the blue damask silks that they got in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, which served as samples. When Emperor Qin Shi Huang united China (221 BC), many people from the States of Qi, Yan and Zhao fled to Korea and took with them silkworms and raising technology, which sped up the development of silk spinning in Korea.ĭuring the Sui and Tang dynasties, Japanese envoys and monks travelled to China frequently. It dates back to the Zhou Dynasty (1112 BC) when the government sent some Chinese people to Korea to teach its people farming and sericulture, departing from the port of Bohai Bay, Shandong Peninsula.įrom that time, the skills and techniques of raising silkworms, silk reeling and weaving were introduced into Korea slowly via the Yellow Sea. The East China Sea Silk Route mainly went to Japan and Korea. Therefore, the maritime Silk Road was also known as "the maritime China road "or "the maritime spices road". Through the maritime Silk Road, silks, china, tea, and brass and iron were the four main categories exported to foreign countries while spices, flowers and plants, and rare treasures for the court were brought to China. Starting from Quanzhou Fujian Province, the maritime Silk Road was the earliest voyage route that was formed in the Qin and Han dynasties, developed from the Three Kingdoms Period to the Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties, and fell into decline in the Ming and Qing dynasties. There were two major routes: the East China Sea Silk Route and the South China Sea Silk Route. The maritime Silk Road was a conduit for trade and cultural exchange between China's south-eastern coastal areas and foreign countries.
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