论唐前期华北平原蚕桑丝织业与生态环境的关系

On the Relationship between Silk Weaving Industry and Ecological Environment in the North China Plain in the Early Tang Dynasty

华北平原北抵燕山南麓,南达大别山北侧,西倚太行山—伏牛山,东临渤海和黄海,跨越今天的京、津、冀、鲁、豫、皖、苏七省市,相当于唐前期的河北道南部与河南道大部分地区[1].关于唐前期华北平原的蚕桑丝织业问题,学术界已经取得了较多的成果,主要涉及生产区域分布与发展[2]、蚕桑生产技术[3]、丝织品的品种、艺术风格、流通诸问题[1],相比之下,对蚕桑丝织业与生态环境之间的关系关注较少.有鉴于此,本文拟在已有成果的基础上,对唐前期华北平原蚕桑丝织业发展的环境因素及其所产生的生态效应进行探讨,以期从人与自然互动的角度进一步认识唐前期华北平原的经济状况.

In the early Tang Dynasty,there were obvious advantages of the silk production in both quantity and quality in the North China Plain which was the most developed area of sericulture and silk industry at that time.On the one hand,warm and humid climate conditions,rich vegetation and water resources provided a natural basis for the development of sericulture and silk weaving industry,on the other hand,the development of sericulture and silk weaving industry also produced positive ecological effects in water conservation,soil and water conservation as well as soil improvement.Generally speaking,the whole agricultural ecosystem of the North China Plain in the early Tang Dynasty was still in a virtuous circle.The relationship between the development of silk weaving industry and the ecological environment was one of the miniature.