中国染料作物栽培史

Cultivation History of Dye Crops in China

中国是世界上最早掌握植物染色技术的国家,染料作物栽培也有着数千年的历史。古代人们在长期的农业生产实践中,不断总结完善染料作物的播种、栽培、收获等技术,使得中国植物染料产业得以蓬勃发展。到了近代,传统染料作物受到合成染料的冲击逐渐衰落,但仍有部分地区以此为生。该文立足于现有的研究成果及相关史料,从作物栽培史的角度出发,选取中国古代最为常见的蓝、红、黄、紫四种颜色为研究对象,探究中国染料作物的栽培起源与发展、种类和栽培技术。

China is the first country in the world to master plant dyeing technology,and dye crop cultivation has a history of thousands of years.In the long-term agricultural production practice in ancient times,people constantly summarized and improved the sowing,cultivation,and harvesting techniques of dye crops,which enabled the Chinese plant dye industry to flourish.In modern times,traditional dye crops have gradually declined under the impact of synthetic dyes,but some areas still make a living from it.Based on the existing research results and related historical materials,this article selects the four most common colors of blue,red,yellow,and purple in ancient China from the perspective of crop cultivation history as the research object,and explores the origin and development of the cultivation of dye crops in China,Types and cultivation techniques.