中国蚕丝文化历史悠久
Chinese silk culture has a long history
新石器中期，我们的祖先开始养蚕、取丝、织绸。商代，丝绸生产初具规模，具有较高的工艺水平，有了复杂的织机和织造技术。西周及春秋战国时期，几乎所有的地方都能生产丝绸。秦汉时期，随着对外交流与扩展，丝绸贸易和输出达到空前繁荣。隋代，蚕桑丝绸业重心转移到了长江流域。唐朝是丝绸生产的鼎盛时期，无论产量、质量和品种都达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.
自宋代以来，长江流域一直是我国丝绸业的重心。明清两代，由于资本主义萌芽，丝绸生产商品化，丝绸海外贸易迅速发展。十九世纪中叶，五口通商的实行，开辟了国外市场，刺激了丝绸业的进一步发展。杭州、苏州、嘉兴、湖州、桐乡等地的私人手工业织绸作坊，有如雨后春笋，应运而生。丝绸业进入了一个全新的历史时期。
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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