Cocoons and implements for silk production in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Yellow dyed silk being woven on loom, Naupatana weaving village, rural Orissa, India, Asia

Imperial Throne in the Emperor's Office, The Forbidden City, Beijing, China

Traditional decorated doorway of the Institute of Traditional Medicine with a modern day fluorescent light above it, Paro, Bhutan.

Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) at the cocoon, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Lanterns, Famous In The Village Of Hoi An, Hoi An, Vietnam

China, Guilin, Piled Silk Mountains, Li River with reflections in water A72H

China, Guilin, Piled Silk Mountains, at sunset, orange sky B1785

China, Guilin, golden sunball over Piled Silk Mountains, orange and pink misty sunset

Bhutan, Bumthang District, Tamshing Lhakang, Buddhist pipe players dressed in ceremonial silk robes.

Cambodia, Siem Reap, The vivid yellow cocoons of silk worms ready to be harvested a stage in the farming and making of silk.

Cambodia, Siem Reap, The collected vivid yellow cocoons of silk worms a stage in the farming and making of silk.