China is the first country in the world to plant mulberry, raise silkworms, reel silk and weave silk. China's silk civilization has made outstanding contributions to human civilization.
The ivory-carved silkworm unearthed at the Shuanghuaishu site in Gongyi, Henan, has a history of more than 5,000 years and is the earliest silkworm carving art discovered in China.
Together with the earliest silk objects unearthed from the Qingtai site and other surrounding sites of the same period, it proves that the ancestors in the middle reaches of the Yellow River had been raising silkworms and reeling silk more than 5,000 years ago.
In addition, the remains of the "Nine Stars of the Big Dipper" made of 9 clay pots were also found at the site, indicating that people at that time already had a relatively mature "viewing and timing" to observe the solar terms and guide the farming season.
One silkworm, nine stars, agricultural mulberry civilization and astronomical ritual system, showing different aspects of civilization at the Shuanghuaishu site.
Walk into the Shuanghuaishu site in Gongyi, and find more codes of the splendid culture of "the earliest China".
(Produced by Niu Ye Studio)