含山蚕花节  

Silkworm - Raising Festival in Mount Hanshan

作　　者：徐建新 

出　　处：《文化交流》1998年第2期40-42,共3页Cultural Dialogue

摘　　要：浙江省的湖州,植桑养蚕的历史亟是悠久。1958年从市郊钱山漾新石器时代遗址中发掘到的碳化绢片,考证有4700年历史。三国时就有“吴绫蜀锦”之名,唐朝有“湖州开元贡丝布”之录,宋代更有“湖丝遍天下”之说。由此可见一斑了。 蚕桑成为当地百姓的生活之源,生存之根。Huzhou in Zhejiang Province boasts a long history of sericulture. The carbonized silk slips excavated at a Neolithic site in the suburb of Huzhou date back to as far as 4, 700 years ago. The archaeological proof supports the saying that ' Huzhou silk is found everywhere' in ancient time.Historically speaking, the local people have long since lived on sericulture, which has bred folklore and special celebrations linked to the industry.When the Pure Brightness Festival (which falls on April 5th, by the lunar calendar) comes, the silkworm eggs start to hatch. Local people flock to Mount Hanshan for the traditional Silkworm-raising Festival. The celebration usually lasts 10 days, attracting several hundred thousand people. It is said that the legendary Lady Silkworm will become a village girl walking all over Mount Hanshan and spreading good luck. Anyone who tours the mount and brings the luck home will have a bumper harvest in sericulture. For this reason, all silkworm farmers rush to Mount Hanshan this time every year. The hustle and bustle add happiness to jollification as the thick crowd mill and mill.The most hectic activity of the festival falls on the day of the Pure Brightness Festival. Kids put on new clothes, adults carry bags full of Zongzi ( glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves), silkworm egg paper and dusters. People flock to Mount Hanshan on foot, by boat or by bike. Usually, participants will buy a bouquet of silkworm flower-made of thin silk - likepaper. It is a big event for silkworm farmers. They slid the flowers in their breast pockets, clip them on their hats, or insert them on the sugar canes they hold in the hands. Women put flowers on their hair. All pilgrims hike to a temple on the top of Mount Henshan. They pay their homage to the Lady Silkworm. After their annual visit to the temple, farmers begin to climb up the pagoda which towers more than 30 meters. Farmers regard this ascent as part of their luck - seeking activities because ascending the pagoda is analogous to one s endeavor for mor

关 键 词：新石器时代遗址 白马 蚕丝文化 公主 绢丝织物 江南水乡 步步高升 人物造型 极受欢迎 科技设备 

分 类 号：K892.2[历史地理—民俗学]