Huzhou, the real hometown of silk has always been forgotten. Huzhou Silk has a long history of more than 4,700 years. In 1958, a batch of silk threads, ribbons and non-carbonized silk pieces were unearthed in Qianshanyang, a southern suburb of Huzhou.
As determined by the Institute of Archaeology under Chinese Academy of Sciences, the age of silk threads, ribbons, and silk was dated back to be the early Liangzhu Culture more than 4,700 years ago.
This is the earliest finished silk fabric fund in the world. Its discovery makes Huzhou Silk's history advance 4700 years, becoming the oldest silk star in the world. Its discovery also overturned the myth and legend of the ancestor of Huangdi Yuanfei, the daughter of the Chinese and Western Mausoleums (approximately 2550 BC), who raised silkworms. Now, these silk pieces have become the treasures of the Zhejiang Silk Museum. Huzhou still preserves place names such as "Zhili" related to silk ruins.
Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province is known as the "House of Silk" and "Hometown of Fish and Rice". Huzhou Silk with a long history and tradition, has been famous since ancient times. It has been sold to the whole country and the world with its exquisite beauty, and enjoys the reputation of "clothing's world". It also experienced difficult twists and turns. Drawing lessons from the past and reviewing the historical path of silk development in Huzhou is of great significance to the revitalization of China's traditional industry and the promotion of the motherland's silk culture.
Zhao Mengfu, a famous calligrapher and painter of Huzhou nationality in the Yuan Dynasty, wrote "Wu Xing Fu" with the phrase "Ping Lu has lush mulberry like clouds." This vividly summarized the landscape of Huzhou's wild mulberry forests and green leaves in spring, highlighting the economic features of Huzhou silkworm plantation and the unique scenery of silkworm townships.
