Sirika pasina mubvunzo chinhu choumbozha uye chakanaka chinoshandiswa nevapfumi munzanga. Kwemakore, kushandiswa kwayo kwemapillowcases, masiki yemaziso uye pyjamas, uye machira akambundirwa munzvimbo dzakasiyana dzepasi.

Pasinei nekuzivikanwa kwayo, vanhu vashomanana chete ndivo vanonzwisisa kuti machira esirika anobva kupi.

Sirika jira rakatanga kugadzirwa muAncient China. Nekudaro, ekutanga masiriki esati asara anogona kuwanikwa muhupo chaihwo hwesiriki protein fibroin muvhu samples kubva kumakuva maviri paNeolithic saiti muJiahu muHenan, kubvira 85000.

Munguva yeOdyssey, 19.233, Odysseus, achiedza kuvanza kuzivikanwa kwake, mudzimai wake Penelope akabvunzwa pamusoro pezvipfeko zvemurume wake; akati akapfeka hembe inopenya seganda rehanyanisi yakaomeswa zvichireva kupenya kwejira resiririka.

Umambo hweRoma hwaikoshesa sirika zvikuru. Saka vaitengesa silika ine mutengo mukuru, inova sirika yekuChina.

Sirika iprotein fiber yakachena; zvikamu zvikuru zveprotein fiber yesirika ifibroin. Makonye ezvimwe zvipembenene anobudisa fibroin kuita makoko. Semuenzaniso, sirika yakapfuma yakanakisa inowanikwa kubva kumakoko emakonye emurubheri silkworm inorerwa nenzira ye sericulture (kurera nekutapwa).

Kurerwa kwepupa dzemakonye kwakaita kuti sirika itengeswe. Anowanzo berekwa kuti abudise shinda yesilika ine ruvara ruchena, iyo isina mineral pamusoro pepamusoro. Panguva ino, sirika ikozvino inogadzirwa muhuwandu hwakawanda nekuda kwezvinangwa zvakasiyana.