本文试从茅盾现实主义短篇佳作《春蚕》写作背景出发,以江南小镇乌镇及其地域风俗为切入点,围绕老通宝一家养蚕的故事线索,在徐徐展开的乌镇风俗画卷中窥探、捕捉资本主义势力冲击下社会发生重大变革之时农民的命运。在自然经济萧条凄惨景象之下,农民注定逃脱不了困顿无奈的悲剧性命运。以小见大,小地方画卷折射了广阔的社会图景。 This article attempts to start from Mao Dun’s realistic short story “Spring Silkworm” writing background, starting from Wuzhen and its regional customs in Jiangnan town, focusing on Lao Tongbao’s story of sericulture, exploring and catching capital in the slowly developing Wuzhen genre picture The destiny of peasants at the moment of major changes in society under the impact of the forces of domination. Under the miserable scene of the natural economic depression, the peasants are doomed to escape the tragic fate of frustration. Small see the big, small local picture reflects the broad social picture.