中国是最早养蚕缫丝的国家，素以“丝绸之国”而著称于世。养蚕业的发展形成了发达的蚕文化。而发达的蚕文化本身，不但成为中国传统文化最有特色的组成部分之一，而且影响到中国古代文明的发展，决定了中国传统农业的基本特点。在传统农业时期，农业是社会的决定性生产部门， China is the earliest country to raise silkworm reeling, known as the “Silk Kingdom” and known to the world. The development of sericulture formed a developed silkworm culture. The developed silkworm culture itself not only became one of the most distinctive components of Chinese traditional culture, but also affected the development of ancient Chinese civilization and determined the basic characteristics of traditional Chinese agriculture. In the traditional agricultural period, agriculture was the decisive productive sector of society,