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Hangzhou has been a center of silk culture for thousands of years, and its products are widely renowned. In fact, China was the first country 【小题1】(make) silk clothing and begin to export it all over the world, 【小题2】 Hangzhou is one of the main areas of harvesting silkworms and silk weaving in China. Hangzhou was also one of the starting 【小题3】 (locate) of the Maritime Silk Road.
So much it 【小题4】(explore) that in the Southern Song Dynasty Hangzhou became known 【小题5】 the Home of Silk, at that time when it was 【小题6】(possible) the largest city in the entire world. It was during this time that it became a popular area of scholars, writers, and calligraphers, along with merchants and traders, producing 【小题7】 vast number of relics from this time 【小题8】 give us insight into its ancient culture. Its economy and society flourished to unprecedented levels.
Even today, Hangzhou’s silk finds favor with tourists of all nations, and along with tea, silk is one of its must-have souvenirs. The city center 【小题9】(host) the Silk Market, where hundreds of vendors sell thousands of silk products of every design and quality imaginable, its amazing colors and complex patterns 【小题10】(spill) from every entrance.