Huzhou, located in Hangjiahu Plain in northern Zhejiang, is known as the Silk House and the famous hometown of sericulture in China. 1958 silk fragments unearthed in Shanyang, the southern suburb of Huzhou City, dating back to 4700 years ago are the earliest silk products found in China. Since ancient times, planting mulberry, sericulture, reeling and weaving have always been an important part of Huzhou people's production and life. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the output and product quality of raw silk and silk products reached the peak, and their fame spread far and wide all over the world. At the same time, the sericulture customs produced by these production activities are also extremely colorful, such as offering sacrifices to the silkworm god, going for an outing in Qingming, rolling silkworm flowers, racing clippers and boxing boats. Tomb-Sweeping Day, which has been reeling silkworms for thousands of years, is one of the most vivid, spectacular and influential sericulture folk activities in Huzhou urban and rural areas. Hanshan Town is located in the southeast of Huzhou City and belongs to Nanxun District of Huzhou City. /kloc-merged with shanlian town in 0/999, connecting Hangzhou in Nantong, Deqing in the west and Tongxiang in the east, with convenient land and water transportation. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through Hanshan Town, and there is a mountain near the canal, which is no more than 100 meters high, but it is "independent and calm, and Fiona Fang is a hundred miles." As the saying goes, "the mountain is not high, the fairy is not famous." Around this cold mountain is the birthplace of China silk culture. Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, tens of thousands of silkworm farmers in villages around Hanshan bring their own silkworm eggs and flock to Hanshan to worship the silkworm king and pray for 24 points of silkworm flowers (meaning double harvest). Then go home happily with the "silkworm flower" of the silkworm flower temple. Year after year, the unique folk cultural activity of Hanshan-Qingming "rolling silkworm flowers" has been formed. According to textual research, it is about that the stone went from the state of Yue to the state of Wu, and the stone sent silkworms to this day. There is a story in folklore: On the Qingming Day, the Silkworm Flower Goddess came to Hanshan and saw the silkworm farmers praying for Guanyin Bodhisattva to bless them and get 24 points of silkworm flowers. Silkworm flower empress disguised as a village girl, passed on the silkworm spirit to the silkworm farmers, so that the silkworm flowers of the silkworm farmers could get a bumper harvest. Since then, the custom of selling silkworm flowers has been handed down. There is a Hanshan Tower on the top of Hanshan Mountain, also known as Pen Tower. There is a poem in Lu Yunxiang Shi Chao written by Shen Guozhi in Qing Dynasty: The shadow of the tower is thinner than the needle, the mountains are green, and the eyebrows are slim. The farmer lives far away from the cold mountain, and the pro-silver dye wins the top. Ancient books such as Huzhou Prefecture Records and Lianxi Literature also recorded: "Huzhou writes pens all over the world, and the writers are all Lakers. Its place name is Shanlian Village. There are mountains and hills in the village, and there are outstanding people in the paintings. " He also said: "There are towers in the mountains, so write a pen. They all went out of Shanlian Village and went to Shanxi Shili. " According to legend, Meng Tian, a general of Qin Dynasty, wrote in Shanlian. This pen tower was built to commemorate Montaigne's historical achievements in making lake pens. Hanshan Tower was built in the Yuan You period of Song Dynasty (A.D. 1086~ 1094), and Yao Mingding, a newcomer from Deqing County, built it on the top of the mountain. The Orthodox Church was rebuilt in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 144 1) and restored in the 27th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 190 1). The tower is 38 meters high and 6 meters in diameter, with 7 floors up and down. The tower seat is Xumi Mountain, with brick and wood structure. There are arches on each floor; Staggered. The tower is octagonal, with iron bells hanging at each corner. There is also a folk legend that Hanshan Pagoda was built by Wu Guotai, the mother of Sun Quan in the Three Kingdoms period. The legendary Bita was restored more than 700 years earlier than the construction date recorded in history. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the Japanese invaders built carved castles and gun towers beside Hanshan Tower, which was severely damaged by the Japanese invaders. During the Cultural Revolution, the pagoda was destroyed again, and most of the stairs and floors were demolished, so tourists could only climb to the second floor, but it was impossible to climb towers above the third floor. 1In August, 984, Huzhou Municipal People's Government listed Hanshan Tower as a municipal cultural relics protection unit. 1993 10 to1March 1994, and allocated funds for reconstruction. The Silkworm Flower Hall and Guanyin Hall were rebuilt, and the Silk Museum was built. Hanshan Tower looks like a giant pen, and it goes straight into the blue sky and white clouds. There is a silkworm flower temple at the top of Hanshan Mountain, which is a place to worship the silkworm god. Sacrificing to the silkworm god is one of the main activities of Hanshan silkworm flower festival, which has a long history. Generally, there are three procedures: collecting silkworm eggs, offering sacrifices to the silkworm king and performing in the pavilion. Early sericulture farmers laid eggs by raising moths themselves. Silkworms hang gauze sterilized by sunlight on their own walls or gates to let moths lay eggs. Anyone who can climb the gauze to lay eggs is a healthy moth and a high-quality variety. Silkworm farmers who live in this land will wrap their eggs with a thin layer of silk cotton after the Spring Festival every year, put them on the woman's chest, and use the woman's body temperature to urge them to become ants. In the morning in Tomb-Sweeping Day, silkworm farmers went to Hanshan to visit the silkworm queen, to bless her eggs to grow well and neatly, and at the same time lit candles in front of the silkworm temple to make a wish, which is called "offering sacrifices to the silkworm god". The silkworm god is a girl and a white horse, also known as A?vagho?a King Bodhisattva, in the main hall of the silkworm flower hall. Sacrificial products are also relatively simple, including cocoon (made into round dumplings with rice flour), brown seeds, malt cakes, rice wine and so on. The sacrifice of silkworm eggs and the queen of silkworm flowers is generally organized by the main workers or butlers of silkworm farmers, as well as by the whole family. Some large families also carry whole chickens and ducks for ostentation and extravagance.