The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia ...

It contained fragments of fabric, prompting the researchers ... It verifies historical records of silk being utilized in ancient China for sacrificial temple clothing and rituals.

For over 1,600 years, merchants, traders, monks and soldiers who journeyed to China’s ancient capital of Xi’an to witness its magnificence travelled via the Silk Road. Now a UNESCO World ...

They also go on to explain that the majority of the early accounts of Chinese sericulture ... that the fabric was indeed silk. Noting that the artifact may be linked to an ancient record called ...