Saturday, May 1, 2010

Silk capital

Shengze is located in the Yangtze River Delta, a mild and humid climate coincided with mulberry silkworm appropriate, unique, Ming active commodity economy Shengze around forty to fifty years to do so by silk weft of profit, and gradually form a network husband wife home weaving weaving handicraft, from Sang Sang is not interest.

Zaisang sericulture is a traditional rural southern sideline, silkworm body is a treasure, and the villagers home food source, it is anticipated it is full of gratitude. According to legend, Xiao-Man Festival is also the birth of silkworm God, so as to celebrate the fun about it, it is logical and just.

In fact, Shengze both old and young, vigorous angry, quite a modern atmosphere. 16 square kilometers of the township, shops Lin 6, bustling all day long, is like a mini-city, night lights night market and food stalls host a roundtable Stretching a few years, or even midnight there is a taxi cruising in the streets.

Several years ago, Shengze gradually by the press as a "first town of China", which of course, is named after the economic strength. Their historical origins of the ancestors inherited the "machine for the land, in order to shuttle meters of" tradition. Silk specialization and generalization to make Shengze either township or rural areas, each family member, directly or indirectly engaged in silk production or trade activities.

A town of a product, silk Shengze become a pillar industry, large areas of inclusion of silk weaving, knitting, printing and dyeing, clothing, handicrafts, embroidery, raw materials and other categories.

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