Sirika pasina mubvunzo chinhu choumbozha uye chakanaka chinoshandiswa nevapfumi munzanga.Kwemakore, kushandiswa kwayo kwemapillowcases, masiki yemaziso uye pyjamas, uye scarves zvakambundirwa munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana 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 sampuli kubva kumakuva maviri paNeolithic saiti muJiahu muHenan, kubva ku85000.

Munguva yeOdyssey, 19.233, Odysseus, achiedza kuvanza huzivi hwake, mudzimai wake Penelope akabvunzwa nezvezvipfeko 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 emulberry 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.