Origin and Spread of Deqing Shelled Pearl Culture Technology

Abstract

中国是世界上最早开始珍珠养殖的国家之一，也是最早开始规模化育珠的国家之一。目前有资料记载的最早的规模化育珠技术出现在德清一带，高峰时期有5000余户从事珍珠养殖。德清珍珠系统是德清地区宝贵的农业文化遗产，具有极其重要的生态、经济、文化、社会和科研价值。系统地研究德清珍珠养殖技术的起源及传播特点，有利于德清地区珍珠文化的保护与传承。 China is one of the earliest countries in the world to start pearl culture, and is also one of the earli-est countries to start large-scale pearl cultivation. At present, the earliest large-scale pearl breed-ing technology recorded in the data appeared in the area of Deqing. During the peak period, more than 5,000 households were engaged in pearl farming. The Deqing Pearl System is a valuable agri-cultural cultural heritage in Deqing area, and has extremely important ecological, economic, cul-tural, social and scientific research values. A systematic study of the origin and dissemination of pearl culture in Deqing is beneficial to the protection and inheritance of pearl culture in Deqing.