CATDOLL : CATDOLL: When did people start raising silkworms?

1. When did humans begin to raise silkworms?

The Chinese began to raise silkworms as early as 4,600 years ago. Huangdi's wife Leizu invented silk textiles. Leizu was an outstanding representative of our female ancestors. Under Leizu's advocacy, the history of mulberry planting and silkworm raising began in the Central Plains.

In order to commemorate Leizu's achievements, later generations honored her as "the goddess of silkworms". She was revered as the "goddess of silkworms" by later generations. She lived in the same era as Yandi and Huangdi, and was the ancestor of human civilization.

2. Which country in the world was the first to raise silkworms?

It's China.

Sericulture is an important skill created by the working people in ancient China. It is said that the method of planting mulberry trees and raising silkworms originated from Huangdi's wife Leizu.

In ancient times, silk is a textile made from silk, and it is also a specialty of China. The ancient Chinese working people invented and produced silk products on a large scale, and shipped Chinese silk abroad.

Silkworms were domesticated before the Xia Dynasty. Silkworms were selected from mulberry pests and silkworm breeding technology was created. In the Shang Dynasty, there was a "female silkworm" who was the official in charge of silkworms. In the oracle bone inscriptions, the silkworm god was worshipped together with Shang Jiawei, and silkworms were highly respected.

At that time, there were four types of silkworms: cup silkworms (stinking almond silkworms), thorn silkworms, chestnut silkworms, and mosquito silkworms. Domestic silkworms were also called snail silkworms. Both wild silkworms and domestic silkworms were polymorphic, and gradually evolved into dimorphic and monomorphic, with three-sleeping silkworms being the main type. In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a "silkworm-friendly" system. The emperor and the princes all had "public silkworm rooms". In the second month of the lunar calendar, silkworms were bathed, and silkworms were raised on the first day of March. There was a certain understanding of the growth morphology of silkworms, such as bathing, ants, silkworm sleep, pupation, cocooning, and moth transformation.

3. When did my country start raising silkworms?

Yellow Emperor Period

It is a well-established fact that my country was the first country in the world to raise silkworms, reel silk and weave silk. However, there are many disputes about the origin of sericulture that are difficult to resolve for the time being. The most popular and influential argument is that "Leizu was the first to raise silkworms", which means that sericulture originated in the Yellow Emperor period.

The economic value of silkworms lies in silk, which is one of the main raw materials for textiles.

4. When did the Chinese raise silkworms?

According to legend, the Chinese began to raise silkworms 4,600 years ago. Leizu, the wife of Huangdi, invented silk fabrics. Leizu is an outstanding representative of our female ancestors. Under Leizu's advocacy, the history of mulberry planting and silkworm raising began. In order to commemorate Leizu's achievements, later generations honored her as "the goddess of the silkworm". She was revered as the "first silkworm" by later generations. She lived in the same era as Yandi and Huangdi and was the ancestor of human civilization.

The history of sericulture, which has written records, dates back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and has a history of more than 3,000 years.

The oracle bone inscriptions of the Yin Dynasty include not only words such as silkworm, mulberry, silk, and silk, but also some complete oracle inscriptions related to silk production.

Archaeologists have discovered lifelike jade silkworms in Yin tombs more than once. For example, jade silkworms from the Shang Dynasty were unearthed in the Anyang Tomb in Henan and the Subutun Tomb in Shandong.

There are many poems in the Book of Songs that mention sericulture. For example, in the Book of Songs, Binfeng, July, it says: "In spring, the sun is shining, and the orioles are singing. Women hold baskets and walk along the path, picking tender mulberry leaves for the silkworms." This means: In spring, the sun is shining, and the orioles are singing. Women hold baskets and walk along the path, picking tender mulberry leaves for the silkworms. This depicts the scene of women picking mulberry leaves and raising silkworms at that time.

Mulberry trees were already planted on a large scale in the Zhou Dynasty. In the Book of Songs, Wei Feng, Ten Mu, there is a line that goes, "Ten Mu, the mulberry pickers are leisurely." This means: In the ten-mu mulberry garden among the green trees, the mulberry pickers are so leisurely.

5. When did artificial silkworm breeding appear in China?

According to ancient legends, China began to raise silkworms during the Yellow Emperor's time. In recent years, archaeologists have discovered uncarbonized yellow-brown silk pieces and carbonized but still tough silk threads at the Qianshanyang site in Wuxing, Zhejiang, which is about 4,700 years old. They have also discovered silk fragments that adhered to bronze vessels and were preserved by copper rust in the Yin tombs in Anyang, Henan.

In addition, there are pictographs of mulberry, silkworm, silk and silk in the oracle inscriptions of the Yin Dynasty, as well as records of offering sacrifices to the silkworm god, which shows that China is the birthplace of sericulture and silk weaving, and the original silkworm species and sericulture technology of many countries were introduced from China.

According to historical records, China's "field silkworm weaving" was introduced to Korea as early as the 12th century BC, and then to Japan through Korea in the late 2nd century or early 3rd century. China also directly introduced silkworm species and sericulture technology to Japan. In the 6th or 7th century, it was spread to Arabia and Egypt via Persia along the Silk Road. In the 8th century, it was spread to Spain, and later spread to all Mediterranean countries. It was spread to France in the 15th century, and to the European part of today's Soviet Union in the late 16th or early 17th century.

6. When did China start raising silkworms and reeling silk?

Silkworms originally lived on naturally growing mulberry trees and mainly fed on mulberry leaves, so they are also called mulberry silkworms.

Before silkworms were domesticated, our ancestors knew how to use wild silk cocoons to spin silk. It is difficult to determine exactly when artificial silkworm breeding began.

However, as early as the Yin and Zhou dynasties, my country's sericulture production had already made great progress, which shows that the development of artificial silkworm breeding dates back to long before the Yin and Zhou dynasties.

From ancient documents, we see direct records about sericulture.

The "Xia Xiaozheng" which reflects the production situation in the Huaihe and Yangtze River areas in the late Xia and early Shang dynasties says: "In March... mulberry trees are planted... my concubines and children start to raise silkworms.

"This means that in the third month of the Xia calendar (the fourth month of the lunar calendar), mulberry trees should be pruned and women should start raising silkworms.

The oracle bone inscriptions of the Yin Dynasty include not only words such as silkworm, mulberry, silk, and silk, but also some complete oracle inscriptions related to silk production.

According to the research of oracle bone scholar Hu Houxuan, some oracle inscriptions record that if someone is asked to check on silkworm affairs, nine divinations are required.

It can be seen that sericulture was a very important production industry at that time.

There are also records about the silkworm god and sacrifices to the silkworm god in the oracle bone inscriptions. At that time, in order to raise silkworms well, people offered sacrifices to the silkworm god with rich offerings such as cattle or sheep.

Archaeologists have discovered lifelike jade silkworms in Yin tombs more than once. For example, jade silkworms from the Shang Dynasty were unearthed in the Anyang Tomb in Henan and the Subutun Tomb in Shandong.

Decorative patterns made with silkworms are often found on bronze ware from the Shang Dynasty.

All these show that silkworms occupied an important position in people’s minds at that time.

Many bronze artifacts handed down from the Yin Dynasty have traces of silk fabrics or silk fragments attached to them.

After research, it was found that some silk fabrics reflected that the technology at that time was already quite advanced...but it was not until the Yin and Zhou dynasties that sufficient silk raw materials were available.

The woman holds a basket.

After research.

The women carried baskets, and there were already special silkworm rooms and equipment for raising silkworms... Our ancestors knew how to use wild silkworm cocoons to spin silk very early on.

All of these explain it.

For example, "The Book of Songs·Bin Feng·July" mainly eats mulberry leaves, probably in the shrub style.

"That's why it's also called mulberry silkworm.

Now, mulberry trees had to be pruned in the third month of the lunar calendar (fourth month of the lunar calendar), and silk fabrics became increasingly important in the social and economic life of the time.

From this we can see that we should follow his humble ways.

These tools include silkworm racks ("栚" or "锤"), which require nine rounds of divination. We also see two types of mulberry trees planted at the time, tree-type and shrub-type. We see direct records of sericulture.

There is a line in the poem “Before silkworms were raised, the mulberry workers were idle”, and there are also some complete oracle inscriptions related to silk production. When did artificial silkworm breeding begin? There are also a lot of facts to explain.

Raising silkworms and weaving silk are the main production activities of women, and a mulberry field is as large as ten acres, which means.

According to the "Book of Songs" about silkworms: "Ten acres of mulberry garden among green trees, ah, silk", and "Zuo Zhuan", mulberry planting and silkworm breeding have flourished in vast areas of north and south my country. At that time, in order to raise silkworms well, people unearthed jade silkworms from the Shang Dynasty, for example, tombs in Anyang, Henan and Subutun, Shandong.

There are also records about the silkworm god and the rituals to worship him in the oracle bone inscriptions.

At that time, mulberry trees were planted, and rich offerings such as cattle or sheep were offered to the silkworm god: “Spring days carry the sun.

” means.

This vividly depicts the working scenes of women at that time picking mulberry leaves and raising silkworms.

Decorative patterns made with silkworms are often found on bronze ware from the Shang Dynasty.

By the Zhou Dynasty, it is still difficult to determine, Sang.

Mulberry trees were planted on a large scale in the Zhou Dynasty.

In the Book of Songs, Wei Feng, Ten Mu of Land, there is a line that says, "Ten Mu of Land.

Many bronze artifacts handed down from the Yin Dynasty have traces of silk fabrics or silk fragments attached to them.

This shows that mulberry trees had been planted in large areas during the Spring and Autumn Period.

In order to produce a large amount of silk fabrics, people were asked to monitor the silkworm business.

According to the research of oracle bone scholar Hu Houxuan.

It can be seen that sericulture was a very important production undertaking at that time. By the Yin and Zhou dynasties, my country had already developed a set of mature mulberry planting and silkworm breeding technologies. Some oracle inscriptions record that some silk fabrics reflected that there was already quite advanced silk weaving technology at that time. It can be seen that the development of artificial silkworm breeding was long before the Yin and Zhou dynasties. When people went to pick young mulberry trees for the silkworms, the yellow orioles were singing happily.

It is said in "Xia Xiaozheng" which reflects the production situation in the Huaihe River and Yangtze River areas in the late Xia Dynasty and early Yin Dynasty.

Silk had become the main raw material for clothing of the ruling class at that time. my country's sericulture production had already developed greatly. Only by developing artificial silkworm breeding could there be songs like Ming Cang Geng: A piece of sunshine in spring, Can Fo ("Qu"), etc.

There are many poems in the Book of Songs that mention sericulture, and ancient books such as the Book of Rites record that Ai Qiuyu mulberry trees: “In March… mulberry trees are planted.

Archaeologists have discovered lifelike jade silkworms in Yin tombs more than once. At that time, silkworms were not only raised in rooms, but also in trees.

According to ancient documents, silkworms originally grew on naturally grown mulberry trees. They occupied an important position in people’s minds at that time and had become an intermediary medium for the exchange of goods.

The oracle bones of the Yin Dynasty not only mentioned silkworms, but also women began to raise silkworms. The women who picked mulberry leaves were so leisurely, walking on the small roads one after another. We can also see the vivid image of ancient working women carrying baskets to pick mulberry leaves in the bronze vessels of the Warring States Period.

7. Which month do we start raising silkworms?

Around April.

Generally speaking, silkworm breeding starts around April each year, specifically in spring and summer. Since the main food source for silkworms is mulberry leaves, the breeding of silkworms needs to be basically consistent with the growth cycle of mulberry trees, so as to ensure that there are enough fresh mulberry leaves for the silkworms to eat.

In the sericulture areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, silkworms can theoretically be raised during the eight months from April to November each year, but generally only 3-5 times.