The background and silk weaving skills of sericulture in China

China is the first country in the world to plant mulberry, raise silkworm, reel silk and weave cloth, and China's silk civilization has made outstanding contributions to human civilization. Zhao Feng, deputy to the National People's Congress and deputy director of China Silk Museum, suggested that "China sericulture and silk weaving" should be declared as the oral and intangible cultural heritage of human beings in the world as soon as possible, so as to establish the original position of China sericulture and silk weaving in the world and protect China sericulture and silk weaving as a whole cultural heritage.

Zhao Feng believes that the components of "sericulture and silk weaving in China", such as sericulture folk customs, silk culture, silk weaving skills and historical relics, are well preserved in their original ecology, and live transmission has a clear vein, which is an intangible cultural heritage that can be protected and passed down. In particular, there are many national and provincial-level projects related to sericulture and silk weaving in our province and Jiangsu Province, such as Hangluo and Ou embroidery in our province, Yunjin and Suzhou embroidery in Jiangsu Province, and Shu embroidery, Xiang embroidery, Yue embroidery, Shu embroidery and Gu embroidery in other provinces and cities, which have laid a good foundation for declaring world heritage.