丝绸之路,广义上指从上古开始陆续形成的,遍及欧亚大陆甚至包括北非和东非在内的长途商业贸易和文化交流线路的总称。丝绸之路是个形象而且贴切的名字。在古代世界,只有中国是最早开始种桑、养蚕、生产丝织品的国家。近年中国各地的考古发现表明,自商、周至战国时期,丝绸的生产技术已经发展到相当高的水平。中国的丝织 Broadly speaking, the Silk Road refers to the general term for long-distance commercial trade and cultural exchange that has been gradually formed since ancient times and spread throughout Eurasia even including North Africa and East Africa. The Silk Road is an image and apt name. In the ancient world, only China was the earliest country to start planting mulberry, rearing silk and producing silk products. Archaeological discoveries in various parts of China in recent years show that the production technology of silk has been developed to a very high level since the Shang period and the Warring States Period. Chinese silk