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the Lightest Silk Clothing


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With 1.60 meters long, long-sleeved and as light as 48 grams, the plain voile Buddhist garment which was unearthed from Tomb No.1 of Mawangdui Han Dynasty Tomb is the lightest silk clothing in chinese history.

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It is light as the mist and as fine as gossamer. Since it was so light, the upper class of that time always wore more than 10 pieces of this kind of clothing for formal occasions.

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However, this masterly craftsmanship has been lost. Researchers spent 13 years on the research of a duplicate of the same weight.

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  1. #1 by T on February 25th, 2010

    Could it be possible that the aging of the garment made it lighter?

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  2. #2 by sharon on February 26th, 2010

    :) Yes, maybe that is one of the reasons, but the most important reason is the technology used in the clothes. It is terrible for us in modern days to wear more than ten pieces of clothes for important occasions.

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