CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Is sericulture and silk reeling considered agriculture? (Is sericulture and silk reeling considered agriculture? Why?)

1. Among the four great inventions of Chinese agriculture, which ones were domesticated by our ancestors?

1. Rice - the world's largest crop:

Rice is one of the most important food crops in ancient my country. China is one of the origins of rice in Asia. Among all the crops discovered by archaeology, rice remains are the most numerous. There are only rice remains from the Neolithic Age.

2. Sericulture and silk reeling - "Motherland of Silk":

China is the first country in the world to invent sericulture and silk reeling. According to archaeological data, 5,000 years ago, the primitive inhabitants of China had already mastered the technology of sericulture and silk reeling. In the history of cultural exchange, silk played an initial and extremely important role. It was through the colorful silk that Westerners got to know the ancient civilization of the East - China.

3. Tea - "the panacea for longevity":

Tea is the national drink of the Chinese nation and has now become one of the three most popular beverages in the world. China is the origin of tea trees, which first appeared in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and Xishuangbanna in southwest my country. In Er Ya, written around 200 BC, it was mentioned that there were wild large tea trees and "tea tree masters".

4. Tea oil - "the king of oils":

Camellia oil is also known as "tea oil" or "tea seed oil". The tree is called "oil tea tree" or "camellia tree". Camellia oil has a history of consumption in China for thousands of years. The ancient Chinese book "Classic of Mountains and Seas" from the pre-Qin period records that "Yuanmu is an oily food in the south". Yuanmu refers to the oil tea tree. Camellia oil is directly squeezed from the fruit of the oil tea tree.

2. Integrated agricultural model of silkworm and fish farming?

Mulberry-fish pond circular symbiotic system, mulberry, silkworm, fish and field model.

The mulberry-based fish pond model is a commonly used agricultural model in the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions. It is an efficient artificial ecosystem created to make full use of land, digging deep fish ponds, raising base fields, planting mulberry trees at the pond base, and raising fish in the pond. The development of mulberry-based fish ponds has not only promoted the development of mulberry planting, silkworm breeding and fish farming, but also driven the advancement of processing industries such as silk reeling, and gradually developed into a complete and scientific artificial ecosystem.

3. Does silkworm breeding belong to agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery?

Silkworm breeding should belong to the agriculture and forestry industry, and silkworms are generally raised in places where there are mulberry trees.

4. What industry does sericulture belong to?

Answer: Sericulture is a type of animal husbandry under large-scale agriculture. Large-scale sericulture requires a mulberry field of a certain size to provide a steady supply of fresh mulberry leaves for tens or even millions of silkworms every day, ensuring that the silkworms have sufficient food supply.

Second, from hatching to cocooning, silkworms consume a large amount of mulberry leaves during the breeding process, continue to grow, and eventually convert plant fibers into animal fibers (silk), which is a breeding behavior.

5. What kind of agriculture is sericulture?

China is an ancient agricultural country. In ancient times, agriculture and sericulture were equally important. The silkworm breeding and silk reeling had a long history. It was once called the "Silk Country" by the West. The Silk Road is well-known both at home and abroad. It is an important part of my country's agriculture and belongs to the breeding industry in agriculture.

6. Is sericulture an industry?

Sericulture is not an industry; if it is to be classified, it should be classified as agriculture.

7. What are the five great inventions of agriculture?

1 Plow

Leisi is an agricultural tool invented by Shennong in ancient my country. It was the main farming tool in the pre-Qin period and was used for tilling the land and sowing crops in agricultural production. Lei looks like a pointed wooden stick with a short crossbeam. When using it, the pointed end is inserted into the soil, and then the crossbeam is stepped on to make the stick insert deeper into the soil, and then the soil is turned out. The shovel looks similar to the Lei, but the pointed end has become a flat head, similar to the shovels and spades we use now. The material of the shovel has evolved from early wood to later stone and pottery. It can be said that the invention of Leisi effectively improved the farming efficiency of ancient farmers. Since then, there has been real "farming". The Yan Emperor tribe began to cultivate and sow millet on a large scale and domesticated some wild plants into crops, which left a legend of "Shennong created five grains" for future generations.

2 Iron Plow

The invention of the iron plow can be regarded as a remarkable achievement of ancient Chinese agriculture. The iron plow first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when it was a very popular and common traditional farming tool. The iron plow is equipped with an iron plowshare and plowboard, and is pulled by livestock or manpower. It can easily turn the soil, break the soil, and make ridges with less effort. The most important thing about this invention is the development of an adjustable support to change the distance between the plowshare and the beam, which can accurately adjust the depth of the plow. According to historical records, the iron plow was introduced to Britain and the Netherlands in the 17th century, which greatly increased the local agricultural product output. Some experts believe that this is a prerequisite for the success of the Industrial Revolution.

3 Wood Plough

The wooden plow is mainly composed of the plow legs, the plow bucket and the plow handle, and there is a small mechanism in the middle to control the sowing amount and prevent seeds from being choked. The working principle of the wooden plow is as follows: livestock pull the plow cart, one person leads the livestock in the front, and one person holds the wooden plow in the back to sow. The plow plow tip on the plow legs is very sharp and can penetrate deep into the soil, turning the soil over. The seeds in the plow bucket slide down the plow legs and are sown into the soil from behind the plow plow tip.

In addition to farming tools, what other farming inventions did ancient Chinese people make?

4. Sericulture

my country is the first country in the world to start sericulture, silk reeling and silk weaving. The earliest written record comes from "Xia Xiaozheng" - one of the earliest existing scientific documents in China and also the earliest existing agricultural calendar of the Han nationality in China. It is said that the method of planting mulberry and raising silkworms originated from Leizu, the first wife of Huangdi. She was also the inventor of raising silkworms and making clothes, using silk as the textile raw material to make clothes. The oracle bones unearthed from Yinxu not only contain words such as silkworms, mulberry, silk, and silk, but also some complete oracle bones related to silk production. In 1977, an ivory cup with textile tool parts and silk weaving patterns was unearthed in Hemudu, Yuyao, which is more than 6,000 years old. my country's sericulture technology has been in the world's leading position since ancient times and has been introduced from my country to various countries. In the middle of the 6th century AD, the Byzantine Empire smuggled silkworm seeds from China through Indian monks, which was the beginning of the sericulture industry in the West.

5 rows of planting

In the 6th century BC, my country began to adopt the "row planting" technique. This planting technique invented by the ancients can make crops grow faster and healthier, and it can also make it easier for farmers to manage crops such as sowing, watering, weeding and harvesting. According to historical records, people at that time found that crops planted with row planting techniques could reduce damage when strong winds raged. This technical invention was recorded in "Lüshi Chunqiu", which translated into vernacular means: "If crops are planted in rows, they will mature faster because the crops will not interfere with each other's growth. The horizontal ridges must be straight because straight ridges will reduce wind speed, allowing the wind to pass over the crops easily."

6 Greenhouse cultivation

Unexpected, right? Ancient Chinese people had already started growing crops in greenhouses. According to the "Book of Han: Biography of Xun Li", "The imperial gardens were planted with winter onions, leeks and radishes, covered with roofs, and burned with fire day and night to wait for the warm air to grow. The ministers believed that these were all unseasonable and harmful to people." This passage shows that at least 2,000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty, the ancients could use the "prototype of greenhouses" to grow off-season vegetables. By the end of the Western Han Dynasty, greenhouses were not only used for vegetable cultivation, but also for the breeding of rare animals and flowers.

Thanks to the great inventions of agriculture by the ancients, later generations can farm more labor-savingly, and it also laid a good foundation for modern agricultural inventions. Let us once again marvel at the wisdom of the ancients!

8. Timeline of agricultural economy in ancient China?

10000 years ago First cultivated rice and millet

7-8 thousand years ago primitive agriculture was quite developed

4-5 thousand years ago The earliest silkworm breeding and silk reeling and silk weaving Copper smelting in the late primitive society

Bronze casting flourished in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the government monopolized the production of primitive porcelain in the Shang Dynasty.

Loom

merchant

Bronze agricultural tools from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, mainly lei, stone hoes and stone plows, state ownership of land

The variety of crops in the Western Zhou Dynasty was almost complete

Twill jacquard fabric

Ironware of the Late Western Zhou Dynasty

Iron farm tools and ox-drawn plows appeared in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods