红山文化玉器之所以举世瞩目,不仅在于材料好、造型美、工艺精,同时还以其承载众多当时社会重要文化信息而见长,是中华民族早期文明信息的重要载体。红山文化玉器中有大量关于蚕(蝉、茧蛹)的文物,它们不仅体现了当时社会的物质文明与精神文明成就,而且真实地反映了先人期望利用生物来防治自然灾害,维 Hongshan culture jade attracted worldwide attention, not only because of its good materials, modeling beauty, craftsmanship, but also with its bearing many important social and cultural information at that time and became known as an important carrier of early Chinese civilization information. There are a large number of cultural relics in Hongshan culture jade about silkworms (cicadas and cocoon pupae). They not only reflect the material and spiritual achievements of the society at that time, but also truly reflect the hope of the ancestors to use organisms to prevent and control natural disasters.