Discovery Artifacts 6of6 Silk The Thread Connecting East and West DivX AC3 www avi

Discovery: Artifacts 6of6 Silk The Thread Connecting East and West DivX AC3 (www.mvgroup.org)



How did an Indian Buddhist shrine influence a Japanese pagoda? How are Italian pigs and cowry shells related to porcelain? Why did the ferocious warriors of Mongolia wear silk underwear? And how did wood block printing bring about a revolution in Japan and in European culture? These intriguing questions are investigated in Artifacts, a series that explores the origins and hidden connections among the art and artifacts of the great cultures and belief systems across Asia - on a journey through time and across continents from India to Thailand, China and Japan - to understand the impact of calligraphy, porcelain, architecture, metallurgy, wood block printing and silk on Asian history and on the history of the world in general.







Part 6..Silk: The Thread Connecting East and West

Beautiful, smooth, soft, delicate, strong, and precious: silk. This amazing fabric has captivated human imagination for over 2000 years. Throughout history, it has clothed the rich and powerful. But more than this, it has been a form of currency, a tool of diplomacy, a badge of rank, and a fabric of the divine. And silk, above all other treasures, has been the thread connecting East and West. It is an artifact that has truly shaped history. The discovery of silk is said to have taken place in China almost two and a half thousand years ago by the wife of the "yellow emperor", Huang Di. Legend has it that the lady H'si Ling made her discovery when a silk moth cocoon fell from a mulberry tree into her hot tea where it began to unravel. The empress has been revered ever since as "the lady of silk" who taught the Chinese to cultivate mulberry trees and raise silk worms. Her discovery of the secret of silk would profoundly influence the history of China and the world.







Technical Specs

Video Codec: DivX

Video Bitrate: ~1950 Kbps/part

Video Resolution: 720x368-400

Video Aspect Ratio: ~16:9

Video Framerate: 29.97

Audio: English (subs included)

Audio Codec: Dolby AC3

Audio Bitrate: 256 kb/s @ 48KHz

Audio Channels: 2

Runtime per Part: ~47 minutes/part

Number of Parts: 6

Part Size: 746 MB/part, Full DVDR total

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