我国很早便开始饲养家蚕和利用蚕丝织帛,到周朝,已经相当发达,成了农业生产和家庭手工业的重要组成部分,《诗经》中关于蚕桑的歌咏很多。1975年陕西宝鸡茹家庄西周墓出土多枚玉石雕成的蚕虫,和一些保留在铜器及泥土上的丝织物和刺绣的印痕,这些实物证明了西周蚕桑丝织业的水平。因此,我国很早便有大批丝绸输往周边各族各国,特别是通过“丝绸之 China started breeding silkworms and silk weaving silk very early. By the Zhou dynasty, it was quite developed and became an important part of agricultural production and family handicrafts. Many songs about sericulture were contained in The Book of Songs. In 1975, the unearthed tombs of jade carving unearthed from the tomb of the Jurisprudence in Rujiazhuang, Baoji, Shaanxi Province, and some silk and embroidered prints left on the bronze and earthwork proved the level of silkworm silkworms in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, a large amount of silk was shipped to neighboring countries and peoples of all ethnic groups early in our country, especially through ”Silk