Mulberry silk and tussah silk are both silk, and their forming methods and preparation methods are roughly the same. This difference is mainly caused by the differences of producing areas and silkworm varieties. Mulberry silk is made of mulberry cocoon, and tussah silk is made of tussah cocoon. Let's take a look at the difference and origin distribution between mulberry silk and tussah silk!

Distribution of mulberry silk origin

The so-called mulberry silk is the silk extracted from the cocoon in the place where mulberry trees are planted, which is used to support the family. This kind of silk is slightly yellow in white, delicate and smooth, and has a unique faint smell of animal fibers.

The quilt made of mulberry silk is particularly soft and close-fitting, and the silk quilt laminated by hand is more durable.

Mulberry silk is mainly produced in East China, Southwest China and North Sichuan, among which, the silk quilt production base is Hangzhou, Tongxiang and Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province, Haian in Jiangsu Province, Fu 'an in Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province, and Zhenze and Baoning in Wujiang City, Sichuan Province.

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Distribution of Tussah Silk Origin

Tussah silk is spun from tussah cocoon. Tussah, commonly known as wild silkworm, mainly lives in the northern region. It is artificially stocked in wild tussah forest and feeds on tussah leaves.

Tussah silk is mainly produced in Henan, Liaoning, Shandong and other places in the north. Liaoning is the main producing area of tussah silk quilt, and nanzhao county, Henan Province is named as the "hometown of tussah" in China, and has passed the "unified tussah" origin registration certification of AQSIQ.