CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What steps did the ancients go through to raise silkworms and produce silk?

1. What steps did the ancients go through to raise silkworms and produce silk?

The ancients had to go through 11 steps to raise silkworms and produce silk: 1. Boil a large iron pot filled with water and put the silk cocoons into the boiling water first.

2. Then use a large mesh spoon or other tools to continuously stir the cocoons in the hot water until the cocoons become softer and softer as the water rolls.

3. When the water in the pot turns yellow (silkworm pupa soup), you can scoop it out and place it in a clean basin of hot water nearby.

4. Soak the cocoons in a clean basin of hot water for a few minutes. Make sure to press the cocoons to the bottom of the water and do not let them float on the surface.

5. Use chopsticks to stir the water vigorously in one direction, so that you can entangle the silk ends scattered in the water, and pull them upwards to pull out the silk.

6. Do not use too much force during the spinning process, otherwise the thread will be broken.

7. Hang a handful of silk heads on the gatherer.

8. The gathered silk ends are wound onto the spindle next to it.

9. Another worker used a large hand-cranked spinning wheel to drive the spindle to wind all the silk threads together.

10. The thick silk thread pulled from the spindle is still relatively messy and needs to be wound again with a small spinning wheel.

11. Carefully wind the cocoon onto the small spindle and the work of spinning silk is completed.

2. What is silkworm breeding and silk reeling?

Sericulture and silk reeling Reeling is the process of extracting silk from silk cocoons. The process of extracting silk from silk cocoons is generally called silk reeling. The original method of reeling silk is to soak the cocoons in hot water, draw silk by hand, and wind it on a silk basket. Basins and baskets are the original reeling utensils. The Han working people invented the technology of sericulture, silk reeling, silk weaving and embroidery. The invention in this area should be attributed to the women of the Han nationality. Legend has it that Leizu, the wife of Huangdi and the daughter of Xiling clan, taught people to raise silkworms and process silk cocoons to make clothes.

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. When did sericulture and silk reeling technology first appear?

The earliest record of Cancong's silkworm breeding appeared in the "Book of Kings of Shu" written by Yang Xiong in the Western Han Dynasty. The book mentioned:

"The founder of Shu was named Cancong, who taught the people how to raise silkworms."

The earliest record about "Leizu was the first to breed silkworms" appeared in the Tang Dynasty history book "Book of Sui•Records of Rites". The book stated that the Northern Zhou Dynasty called Leizu "the first silkworm", which means the god of the first silkworm!

5. What does it mean to raise silkworms and reel silk?

Answer: Sericulture and silk reeling are the two most basic and important links in the sericulture industry. Without these two, silk textile processing is a castle in the air. One is to produce raw materials for silk weaving, and the other is to perform primary processing of silk. Sericulture is to raise a considerable number of silkworms and use the silkworms' instinct to spin silk and make cocoons, so as to harvest a large number of cocoons; silk reeling is to extract the silk from the cocoons with tools so as to weave silk cloth in the next step.

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

China was the first country in the world to raise silkworms and reel silk. In ancient Chinese history, there are legends about Fuxi turning into a silkworm and Leizu teaching people to raise silkworms. In ancient times, silk was a textile made of silk, and it was also a specialty of China. The ancient Chinese working people invented and mass-produced silk products and shipped Chinese silk abroad.

7. Which country in the world was the first to raise silkworms, reel silk and weave silk?

China is the first country in the world to start sericulture, silk reeling and silk weaving.

Huangdi's wife Leizu invented sericulture, silk reeling and silk weaving technology, which strongly promoted the development of ancient Chinese civilization. She is revered as the founder of ancient Chinese civilization. Leizu is the great mother of the Chinese nation and the founder of Chinese civilization.

8. How do you pronounce "raising silkworms and suppressing silk"?

to make

"丝" is pronounced as sī in Mandarin and was first seen in the oracle bone script era of the Shang Dynasty. The word "丝" is explained in "Shuowen Jiezi" as "what silkworms spit out. From two 纟. All silk-related things are from 丝. 息兹切". The basic meaning of "丝" is the thread-like thing spit out by silkworms, which is the raw material for weaving silk, such as: silk, silk, kesi; the extended meaning is things that look like silk, such as: iron wire, mycelium, gossamer.

In daily use, "silk" is often used as a noun to mean silk cotton, such as referring to something as thin as silk.

9. Founder of sericulture and silk reeling?

Leizu

The founder of sericulture and silk reeling was Leizu, a figure in ancient China. She was the wife of Emperor Huangdi. She invented sericulture and was known in history as Leizu the First Silkworm.

Leizu was a great inventor, scientist, and politician. Together with Huangdi, she quelled wars and stabilized the people. She not only promoted the development of human civilization, but also promoted the progress of the Chinese nation.