CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What kind of cultural heritage is sericulture and silk reeling? (What kind of cultural heritage is sericulture and silk reeling?)

1. What is the culture of sericulture and silk reeling?

"Sericulture and silk reeling" is the "Silk Road".

2. What information is there about the history of silkworm breeding and silk reeling in my country?

my country is the first country in the world to raise silkworms, reel silk and weave silk. The ancient Greeks and Romans called my country "Seres", which means "Silk Country". The Roman slave owners regarded the silk shipped from my country as the most precious treasure, but until the fifth century, they did not know that silk was spit out from the mouths of silkworms.

3000 BC - Legend has it that in 3000 BC, Leizu, the wife of Emperor Huang, invented the method of "raising silkworms and processing silk" and used silk as a raw material for textiles. This shows that the application of silk in my country has a very long history. It is recognized worldwide that my country was the first to invent raising silkworms and processing silk. Europe calls my country the "Silk Country".

3. Which country in the world was the first to raise silkworms and reel silk?

China is the first country in the world to raise silkworms and reel silk. As an important carrier of Chinese civilization, silk has played an important role in world history. The earliest silk in China was discovered in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. The origin of Chinese silk may be in the Yangshao culture period.

According to records, Huangdi's wife Leizu "began to teach people to raise silkworms and process silk cocoons for clothing, and the world was free from the problem of chapped silkworms. Later generations worshipped her as the first silkworm". Archaeological discoveries show that silk protein may have appeared in China during the Peiligang culture period. The pointed-bottom bottles and some pottery jars unearthed in the Yangshao culture site are decorated with thread patterns on the surface, and traces of cloth were found on the bottom of some objects, indicating that textile technology was relatively developed in the middle Neolithic period or even earlier. The Luo fabric unearthed from the Qingtai site in Xingyang, Henan (5300-5500 years ago) in the Yellow River Basin is the earliest silk fabric discovered in China so far. The silk pieces and ribbons unearthed from Qianshanyang, Huzhou, Zhejiang (4200 years ago) are the earliest and most complete silk fabrics unearthed in the Yangtze River Basin.

4. What is the silk listed as a World Heritage Site?

Sericulture and silk weaving are great inventions of China and are cultural symbols identified by the Chinese nation.

This heritage includes the production skills of the entire process of mulberry planting, silkworm breeding, silk reeling, dyeing and silk weaving, the various ingenious and sophisticated tools and looms used in the process, and the colorful silk products such as damask, gauze, brocade and kesi produced thereby, as well as the related folk activities derived from this process.

Chinese silk weaving includes weaving techniques such as Hang Luo, Lingjun, Si Mian, Shu Brocade, Song Brocade, and silk production customs such as rolling silkworm flowers and sweeping the silkworm flower fields. On September 30, 2009, Chinese silk weaving techniques were selected into the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

5. What is the representativeness of national intangible cultural heritage?

1. Peking opera, also known as Pingju, Jingxi, etc., is one of the quintessence of Chinese culture and the most influential Chinese opera. It is distributed throughout the country with Beijing as the center. Starting from the 55th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1790), the four major Anhui troupes, Sanqing, Sixi, Chuntai, and Hechun, which were originally performed in the south and mainly composed of artists from Anhui, entered Beijing one after another and cooperated with Han opera artists from Hubei. At the same time, they accepted some repertoires, tunes and performance methods of Kunqu and Qinqiang, and absorbed some local folk tunes. Through continuous exchanges and integration, Peking opera was finally formed.

2. Suzhou embroidery. Suzhou embroidery is the general name for embroidery products in Suzhou. It is a traditional folk art in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. Suzhou embroidery originated in Suzhou and is one of the four famous embroidery styles and one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Suzhou embroidery originated in Wuxian, Suzhou, and has now spread to Wuxi, Changzhou and other places. Embroidery is inseparable from sericulture and silk reeling, so embroidery is also called silk embroidery. In the Qing Dynasty, "Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, and Sichuan embroidery" were established as the four famous embroidery styles in China. The Qing Dynasty was the heyday of Suzhou embroidery, with many schools and masters competing for excellence.

3. Cloisonné production technique. Cloisonné is one of China's famous special metal crafts. During the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty, this craft technology reached its peak, and the crafts produced were the most exquisite and famous, so later generations called this metalware "Cloisonné". Cloisonné is officially known as "copper-based cloisonné enamel", commonly known as "enamel", also known as "inlaid enamel". It is a kind of utensil made by pinching various patterns on a copper base with soft flat copper wire, welding them, and then filling the enamel glaze in the pattern and firing it. 4. Shu embroidery. Shu embroidery is a specialty of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and a national geographical indication product of China. Shu embroidery, also known as "Sichuan embroidery", is as famous as Su embroidery, Hunan embroidery, and Guangdong embroidery. It is one of the four famous embroidery in China. It is a traditional Chinese craft that uses silk thread to embroider patterns on silk or other fabrics. As one of the longest-standing embroidery types in China, Shu embroidery has formed its own unique charm with its bright and beautiful colors and exquisite and delicate needlework, and its richness ranks first among the four famous embroidery.

5. Tai Chi. Tai Chi, a national intangible cultural heritage, is based on the Tai Chi and Yin-Yang dialectics in traditional Chinese Confucian and Taoist philosophy. It integrates multiple functions such as nourishing temperament, strengthening the body, and fighting. It combines the changes of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements in Yijing, the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and the ancient Daoyin and breathing techniques to form a traditional Chinese boxing that cultivates both inside and outside, is gentle, slow, light, and combines hardness and softness.