中国是世界文明发达最早的国家之一。根据史籍和地下文物的考证,我们的祖先在距今约五千年的新石器时代,在与自然界作斗争的过程中就最早地发明了养蚕,利用丝绵、蚕丝制作衣服,在公元前四、五世纪,就被邻国誉为“丝国”,并且在公元前二世纪,即以大量丝织品向外输出,开拓了闻名中外、延续千年的“丝绸之路”。我国蚕丝科学技术也从此传入欧亚各国。 China is one of the earliest developed countries in the world. According to historical records and research on underground relics, our ancestors first invented sericulture in the Neolithic Age dating back to about 5,000 years and practiced sericulture and silk production during the struggle against nature. In the fourth In the fifth century, it was hailed as a “silk country” by its neighboring countries. In the second century BC, it exported large quantities of silk products and opened up the “Silk Road,” which is famous both at home and abroad for thousands of years. Silk science and technology of our country from this into the Eurasian countries.