Breaking The Dilemma Of "Cocoon And Bind Oneself"

"Generally speaking, tussah silk is the silk of wild silkworms, and mulberry silk is the silk that is spun on its own silkworm, and mulberry silk is much better than tussah silk. Many tussah silk was sold on the market by posing as mulberry silk.

Such expressions are often seen in newspapers. As a pair of tussah silk and mulberry silk A reporter who knows slightly, I admit that the price of tussah silk is lower than that of mulberry silk, but it shows that the quality of tussah silk is obviously worse than that of mulberry silk.

"Many scientific experiments show that tussah silk is superior to mulberry silk in performance. The argument that tussah silk is pretending to be mulberry silk is simply untenable. It was originally a silk quilt with excellent quality. What is it to pretend to be? "Liu Ming, Secretary General of the tussah industry association of China Silk Association, was very indignant. He believes that the misleading propaganda of consumers is very harmful to the tussah industry. Influenced by consumption habits and consumption, people are deeply misunderstood about tussah silk. Under the present circumstances, there is still a long way to go to correct this misunderstanding.

Problems in the development of tussah silk also provide a breeding ground for misunderstanding. Tussah Natural yellowish is very beautiful. It is understood that some Japanese enterprises specialized in tussah silk production and belt. Because fiber is coarse, texture and natural yellowish, it is welcomed by environmentalists. In the Chinese market, the pale yellow of tussah silk has become the distress of many enterprises. In order to close the pure white of mulberry silk, many tussah silk production enterprises chose non environmentally friendly processing and bleaching.

"Because of lack of confidence, enterprises will bleach tussah silk which is suitable for making silk quilts. The bleach additives left a bad impression on consumers, which in turn reduced the image of tussah silk. The industry believes that the development of tussah silk is a little "cocoon".

Low quality raw materials

In fact, tussah silk is more expensive than mulberry silk just for the current filament price. At present, the price of tussah filament is about 460 thousand yuan / ton, and the price of mulberry silk is close to 400 thousand yuan / ton. "The rising price of silk in the current round actually began with tussah silk. Historically, the price of silkworm filaments was higher than that of tussah silk, and sometimes the price of tussah filaments was higher than that of mulberry silk. Liao Menghu said.

The price of tussah filament is higher than that of Bombyx mori. Tussah silk The price is far lower than that of mulberry silk. This phenomenon of price upside down has been around for a long time, but no tussah enterprises have complained.

"It can be said that over 90% of tussah silkworm cocoons were cut off and pupae removed. The remaining tussah cocoon shell can produce silk quilts. Because the price of silkworm chrysalis is very high, relying on selling pupae, sericultural farmers have basically solved the problem of income. For example, the price of silkworm chrysalis this year is about 40 yuan per kilogram. Even if the cocoon shell remains low, the cocoon farmers will not feel the loss. Liu Mingyi uncovered the secret to reporters.

It is understood that after tussah cut cocoon, there will still be a large part of the silk length in line with the length of the cocoon silk quilt in China. If the silk is made from this part of silk, it should not affect the quality of silk quilts.

From the tussah itself, it is the ideal raw material for making silk quilts. From the perspective of the structure of silk, the cross section of mulberry silk is solid, while the cross section of tussah silk is multi hollow, so the air content of its fiber is better than that of mulberry silk. Therefore, the heat preservation of tussah silk is better than that of mulberry silk. Professor Chen Qingguan used the slicing experiment to prove that tussah silk is actually better than mulberry silk for its warmth retention performance.

If we compare the growth environment of Tussah and silkworm, we can also see that the warmth retention property of tussah silk is better than that of mulberry silk. Antheraea pernyi is a kind of silkworm grown in the wild in the north. The surrounding environment can usually reach 20 degrees below zero or 30 degrees below zero. Under such circumstances, tussah cocoons can still protect the tussah babies from frostbite and freeze to death. From this we can see that the tussah silk has an unusual warmth retention function. Compared with tussah, silkworm grown in suitable temperature and humidity is simply "flower in greenhouse".

Cracking requires persistence and perseverence.

The price of tussah silk is higher than that of mulberry silk. For historical reasons, there are also realistic reasons. It is difficult to change this situation. " Liao Menghu said.

Low price is easy to give people a bad impression. Although we can prove that tussah silk is more warm than mulberry silk, it is still a long process to guide consumers to choose tussah silk.

In terms of product use, the development of mulberry silk is obviously better than that of tussah silk. This is also an important reason why the price of tussah silk products is lower than that of mulberry silk. Liu Mingyi said.

At the same time, some problems of tussah industry have also damaged their own development. For example, compared with silkworm production enterprises, the distribution of tussah production enterprises is more dispersed, and the enterprises with large scale production are relatively few. {page_break}

In addition, mulberry silk was not only captured by consumers' "white" luster, but also reinforced by its constantly improving quality. Many of the growing mulberry silk fabrics are made of silkworm filaments by brand manufacturers, with long fibers, good quality and good reputation.

At the same time, some small tussah silk enterprises were widely used tussah spun silk and even chemical fiber yarn, which destroyed the reputation of tussah silk quilts and brought troubles and puzzles to the enterprises producing high quality tussah silk.

The "Mei Lin" group is a large tussah silk product manufacturer. Its "Mei Lin" brand tussah silk is the only product that has won the "China famous brand" award in China. Yang Yongfa, chairman of the company, said that after years of hard brand building, the two years finally got results. At present, many products are exported to foreign countries, and even ready to enter the field of luxury goods. "Tussah silk products are high-end products. Making low-end products will not only damage the image of the industry, but also will not survive." Yang Yongfa said.

Yang Yongfa also said that the vicious competition in the low-end market of tussah silk has certain influence on the development of the company. But in recent years, the company has been moving towards the middle and high end, and this effect is also gradually decreasing. "Tussah is a wild silkworm, and tussah silk is pure natural silk, and it is a scarce resource in the world. We should cherish such resources so that consumers can gradually change their consumption concept and enjoy this kind of good resources. Yang Yongfa said. For this reason, recently, the Mei Lin Group is actively cooperating with the pharmaceutical industry group to develop the comprehensive utilization products of Tussah Silkworm, so that more consumers can realize that the whole body is the tussah silkworm, making the consumption of tussah products a fashion.

This attempt shows us the hope of breaking the misunderstanding of consumers. It is hoped that one day, tussah can get out of the dilemma of "cocoon and bind itself", and the price in the market can reflect its true value.

"Tussah silk will appreciate." Yang Yongfa said. We expect this day to come.