中國蠶絲文化歷史悠久
Chinese silk culture has a long history
新石器中期，我們的祖先開始養(yǎng)蠶、取絲、織綢。商代，絲綢生產(chǎn)初具規(guī)模，具有較高的工藝水平，有了復(fù)雜的織機(jī)和織造技術(shù)。西周及春秋戰(zhàn)國時(shí)期，幾乎所有的地方都能生產(chǎn)絲綢。秦漢時(shí)期，隨著對(duì)外交流與擴(kuò)展，絲綢貿(mào)易和輸出達(dá)到空前繁榮。隋代，蠶桑絲綢業(yè)重心轉(zhuǎn)移到了長江流域。唐朝是絲綢生產(chǎn)的鼎盛時(shí)期，無論產(chǎn)量、質(zhì)量和品種都達(dá)到了前所未有的水平。
In the middle of Neolithic Age, our ancestors began to raise silkworms, obtain silk and weave silk fabric. In Shang Dynasty, silk cloth production began to take shape and the craftwork level was quite high, with complex weaving machines and techniques. During Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring & Autumn and Warring States Period, almost all the areas could produce silk cloth. During Qin and Han Dynasties, with the development of foreign exchange, silk cloth trade and export flourished. In Sui Dynasty, silk industry moved its center to the Yangtze River basins. And Tang Dynasty was the golden age of silk cloth production. Silk industry reached an unprecedented level in terms of output, quality and variety.
自宋代以來，長江流域一直是我國絲綢業(yè)的重心。明清兩代，由于資本主義萌芽，絲綢生產(chǎn)商品化，絲綢海外貿(mào)易迅速發(fā)展。十九世紀(jì)中葉，五口通商的實(shí)行，開辟了國外市場(chǎng)，刺激了絲綢業(yè)的進(jìn)一步發(fā)展。杭州、蘇州、嘉興、湖州、桐鄉(xiāng)等地的私人手工業(yè)織綢作坊，有如雨后春筍，應(yīng)運(yùn)而生。絲綢業(yè)進(jìn)入了一個(gè)全新的歷史時(shí)期。
Ever since Song Dynasty, the Yangtze River basins has been the center of silk industry of China. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as capitalism sprouted, silk cloth production began to get commercialized and overseas trade developed rapidly. In the middle 1800s, the Treaty of Five Ports Commercial Intercourse opened foreign markets and stimulated further development of the silk industry. Private handicraft workplaces in Hangzhou, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, and Tongxiang emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. And the silk cloth industry began a brand new age.
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