浙江南浔王一士:从蚕农到文化遗产守护人

Wang Yishi, from a Silkworm Raiser to a Protector of Cultural Heritage

入秋以来,63岁的浙江湖州南浔区农民王一士比平日更忙碌了。每天,他不但要起早摸黑照料田地桑园的农事,还要为自己创办的民间博物馆布展迎客操劳不息。据文献记载,王一士世代居住的湖州南浔辑里村自元末开始养蚕制丝,出产的优质白丝由于具备"白、净、柔、韧"的特点,使"辑里丝"成为"湖丝"中的精品,它甚至能比一般"湖丝"多挂两枚铜钱而不断。从明朝中叶起,此处生产的"辑里丝"因被指定为皇帝龙袍用料而声名鹊起,并在明代万历年间驰名中外,通过"海上丝绸之路"远销欧美。1851年以来,"辑里丝"更因夺得中国首个世博会金奖而成为海内外蚕丝市场品牌的翘楚。

Wang Yishi opened his Jilihusi Museum, which integrates the silkworm raising and the mulberry planting with watching, experiencing and teaching, to society for free so as to let foreign and domestic visitors know the local silk culture and experience the centuried silkworm customs in Jiangnan. At present, the museum has collected over 300 articles of the silk culture and visitors can have the first-hand experience of the traditional skills here.