丝绸的生产与贸易,几乎与中国文明本身一样古老。在同中国传统文明的物质财富和辉煌文化相联系的所有物产中,丝绸也许是最具代表性的。如果说农业与手工业的结合是中国文明之根,那么,蚕桑丝绸业就是这棵文明之树的主要枝干之一。与中国丝绸业的发展最为息息相关 Silk production and trade are almost as old as the Chinese civilization itself. Silk is perhaps the most representative of all the properties associated with the material wealth and brilliant culture of Chinese traditional civilization. If the combination of agriculture and handicrafts is the root of Chinese civilization, silkworm and silk industry is one of the main branches of this tree of civilization. It is closely related to the development of China’s silk industry