U nit1 中国丝绸中国就是丝绸得故乡。栽桑、养蚕、缫丝、织绸就是中国古代人民得伟大发明。商周时期(前 1 6 00——前 256)丝绸得生产技术就已进展到相当高得水平.西汉(前 206-—公元 25)时张蹇通西域,把中元与波斯湾、地中海紧密联系起来,开辟了中外沟通贸易得新纪元。从此中国得丝绸以其卓越得品质、精致得花色与丰富得文化内涵闻名于世,成为中国文化得象征、东方文明得使者。C hi n e s e Sil k China is th e h om e of sil k、 Mulbe r ry plan ti ng, ser icult ure, silk reel in g a nd t hi ckenin g a r e all great i nventions of the ancient Chinese、 As ear ly a s th e Shang an d Zhou Dynastie s (1 6 00-BC2 5 6BC), t h e Chi n ese peo p le’s s i l k-wea v i ng t ech n iq u es had r e ached an e x trem e ly h i g h l e v el、 Dur i ng the We s tern H an Dynasty(206 B C—25AD),Zhan g Ji a n ,an ou tst a ndin g d i plomat ,tra v el e d aro u nd c e n t ra l Asi a an d connec t ed Ch in a with th e Pe rsi a n G u lf and the Med i terra n ean, o pe ni n g up a n e w era of Sino-f o r e i gn tra de, e x cha n ge and mu nic at i on、 F rom t hen on, C h i n a’s sil k became w ell know n fo r its e x tra o r d inar y q u a lity, exqu isi te d es i gn a n d c o lor , and abun d a nt c ultur a l c o nn o tation s、 H ither t o, C hi n ese sil k has b een ac c ept ed a s a s ymbol o f C h i n ese cult u r e a nd the em i ss a r y of or ie nt al c i v ili z atio n、Un it 2 中国园林 中国园林就是把人造得山水、植物、建筑等与自然地貌有机结合得环境艺术,就是我国古代建筑艺术得珍宝。其建造原则就是“...