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Examples:Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)—fine floss-silk or cotton—silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)—described as the east-most end of the Silk road—Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture—Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)—the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread)—sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect convalesce slowly—bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper)—natural silk (secreted by silkworm)—may refer Silk Road states or Alexandria or the Roman empire—silk thread roll, steamed bun from Shandong province bun with hand-drawn dough threads folded over—old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond—Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road—Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu—flowers on red silk (a traditional gift celebrate weddings etc)— |