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The story of Hangzhou silk
Fashion is changeable, sometimes green, sometimes fat, sometimes red, sometimes thin, sometimes Tang shirt, sometimes Hu clothing. Those rich, luxurious and bizarre styles are always like smoke clouds, and then they drift away after a gust of wind. However, no matter how the fashion changes, there is always a kind of fabric that haunts the skirt like a poem, creating brilliance and mystery with its graceful and elastic texture, and that is silk. Among the many silk producing areas, one is famous all over the world, and it is called the "Silk House", and that is Hangzhou.

As the "Silk House", Hangzhou has a long history. Hangzhou is a famous historical and cultural city with rich cultural background. Hangzhou silk is famous at home and abroad. It can almost be said that silk has become a part of the history of Hangzhou and even Zhejiang Province. Hangzhou silk has a long history, which can be traced back to Liangzhu culture four or five thousand years ago. At that time, the ancestors of Hangzhou had been able to plant mulberry, raise silkworms, weave silks and make primitive reeling tools. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Gou Jian, the King of Yue, took "rewarding agriculture and mulberry" as his strategy to enrich the country. By the Tang Dynasty, the silk rich in Hangzhou had gained the reputation of "the highest in the world" and became a court tribute. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Hangzhou was known as the "Silk House" because of the grand occasion of "the sound of looms is heard by others" and "Ms. Du Min, Luo Qi is like a cloud". 1000 years ago, the silk produced in Hangzhou was exported to Southeast Asia and Arab countries, and the "Silk Road" was laid on land and sea.

As the "Silk House", Hangzhou has a profound cultural heritage and a popular base. Silk brocade in Hangzhou is a symbol of exquisite and harmonious beauty and has the reputation of "flower of oriental art". They are not only simple consumer goods, but also bear the life interest and artistic sentiment of Hangzhou people. When Kyle Polo visited Hangzhou in the early Yuan Dynasty, he said: "Hangzhou produces a lot of silk, and most local residents are always covered with silk and brocade." At that time, more than half of the merchants in Hangzhou were engaged in silk trade, and ships carrying silks and satins came in an endless stream as far away as Europe and America.

What is "home" is home. The rich varieties and famous brands of Hangzhou silk make the title of "home" continue to this day and become louder and louder. After years of development, Hangzhou silk has formed a supporting production capacity from cocoon supply, reeling, silk weaving, printing and dyeing, silk clothing to silk weaving machinery. Perennial production of silk, satin, cotton, spinning, twill, yarn, velvet, silk and so on 14 categories, more than 200 varieties, more than 2000 colors. There are many brands of silk, such as Du Jinsheng, Wanshili, Keshi Ya and Xidebao. These are world famous silk products.

Together with Hangzhou silk, there are also Hangzhou fans and umbrellas that are also used as craft ornaments. Hangzhou fans are beautifully decorated and made. For thousands of years, it has been refined into a craft treasure to show the exquisite culture of Hangzhou. Umbrella is an ordinary rain gear, but in Hangzhou, it has entrusted and interpreted thousands of feelings. The silk umbrella in the West Lake danced and swayed a lot of cultural customs in Hangzhou.

Today, you can see the magnificent China Silk Museum and China Silk City in Hangzhou. Silk is as mysterious as a dream and as beautiful as a poem, but it lives by your side and in the streets of Hang Cheng. Hangzhou Silk: Hangzhou is known as the "Silk House". Silk products unearthed in Liangzhu 4700 years ago reveal the long history of Hangzhou silk. Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Silk sleeves brocade praises persimmons, and pure gas sells wine and pears bloom", which also shows the high standard of Hangzhou silk at that time. The Silk Village in the Old Qinghe Square witnessed the prosperity of the silk economy. Now Hangzhou produces silk, satin, cotton, spinning, crepe, twill, Luo 14, more than 200 varieties and more than 2,000 colors all the year round. The picture is novel, rich and luxurious, and the flowers are layered and lifelike. Many products have won national ministerial or provincial quality product awards and are exported to more than 0/00 countries and regions in the world. Du Jinsheng is the first silk producer in Hangzhou. Du Jinsheng Silk Weaving Factory was founded in 1922. It was once the largest exporter of silk handicrafts in China, mainly producing landscape paintings, carpets, cushions, curtains and brocade fabrics. Its products are gorgeous and elegant, and are praised by international friends as "the flower of oriental art".