Wuxi was originally

  Wuxi was originally a mining town, which, legend has it, exhausted its tin deposits, hence its name, which in Chinese literally means "tinless". It subsequently became an arts and cultural center, with several famous Chinese authors claiming Wuxi as their home town. Among them, most recently, Qian Zhongshu,Sexy silk dresses, author of Fortress Besieged, a comedy of manners set in China in the 1930s. One of the handicraft specialties of Wuxi is the production of Huishan clay figurines. In modern times Wuxi has also produced a number of cultural figures such as Hua Yanjun (1893-1950) also know as Xiazi Abing, famous for his erhu and pipa music. As for cuisine, Wuxi is famous for its Wuxi-style spareribs, sweetened pork mini buns and oil gluten.

Weaving looms in workshop near machines spinning silk from cocoons of silkworms. From the labor of silkworms weaving cocoons comes the thread for silk fabric. Picture of weaving loom producing Chinese silk. The silkworms produce the silk which is woven into silken fabrics. The moths lay eggs to produce silkworms which weave cocoons, from which silk thread is spun to make silk fabrics.