“丝绸之府”延续的火种——探访中华人民共和国成立后第一个蚕桑试验场

Carrying Forward the Tradition of the “Home of Silk”——Visiting the first sericulture and mulberry testing ground since the establishment of PRC

享有'丝绸之府'美誉的湖州,历史上种桑养蚕,纺丝织绸,源远流长,是江南最古老的蚕区之一。种桑养蚕,蚕茧制种是最重要的一环,也是最为神秘的一环。但随着养蚕这个古老产业的衰微,蚕种场也渐渐凋零。辉煌不再的江南养蚕业1859年1月11日,意大利人卡斯特拉尼带领一支商业'探险队'从地中海出发,经过两个月的海上航行到达中国上海。意大利丝绸业蓬勃发展之际,一种'家蚕微粒子病'席卷地中海各国。紧张的局势下,卡斯特拉尼于当年4月16日悄悄深入江南腹地湖州府,通过在华传教士.

Huzhou,one of the oldest sericulture areas in Jiangnan,earns its reputation the'Home of Silk'for planting mulberry,fostering silkworm and producing silk.As the birthplace of sericulture in Jiangnan,the production of silkworm seeds is the most important link as well as the most mysterious link.But with the decline of sericulture,seed stations have gradually fallen.The change of industries reflects the change of the city orientation.