Silk Brocade Factory

Chinese Industrial Empire

Silk Brocade Factory

In Hangzhou we visited a silk brocade factory. Here you can see the brocade being woven by machine. The machine does the pattern by an ancient computer. The next thumbnail shows the wooden punch cards that direct the machine to make the pattern desired. The computer is like nothing you have ever seen. Absolutely amazing, these Chinese.

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