Poems describing ancient textile women workers

Tang Dynasty: Yuan Zhen

Why is the weaver too busy, and the silkworm wants to be old after lying down for three times?

Silkworm sacred algae have become silk, and silk tax was levied at the beginning of this year.

Early recruitment is not a bad official, but last year's business.

Recruit people to suffer, and the Lord respects the curtain.

Silk reeling is still hard and difficult to weave.

The boss has a white daughter and can't get married to solve the problem.

There are spiders on the ground on the hairspring curled in front of the eaves.

I admire him for solving the fate of the sky and weaving the net into the void.

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Why is the weaver busy? It turns out that silkworm eggs get old after lying down for three times. The weavers sincerely pray that the silkworm god will bless the silkworm to produce silk as soon as possible, because the government will levy silk tax in advance this year. This year's early taxation is not because of official extortion, but because of last year's war. The battle is hard, and silk fabrics can be used to dress the wounds of wounded soldiers, or they can be made into silk tents to give to generals with outstanding military achievements.

It is hard enough to weave ordinary silk, and it is even harder to weave patterned silk. It is extremely difficult to pull the loom, change the thread and pick out the pattern on the fabric, which requires high technology. It is not easy to cultivate a master of pattern picking, but some clever girls are detained by their parents because of their outstanding skills, which delays their youth.

Spiders are crawling back and forth on the silk web flying in front of the eaves. I envy this little bug's innocent nature. It can weave a web freely!

2. Weaving female discourse

Tang Dynasty: Meng Jiao

The husband is Tanaka Lang and the concubine is Tanaka's daughter.

When I married a gentleman, I caught the loom for you.

I am tired every day and keep coming down from the window.

How to weave a Suzhou-Anhui and wear a blue skirt.

Mulberry trees were planted on the road in Guanjiabang village.

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My husband is a farmer and I am a peasant woman. After my husband and I got married, we started to work in his home. I'm getting tired and weaker every day, but I can't stop spinning for a moment. Why do I knit fine white silk while I wear rags myself? The government posted notices on the roads in the village, asking farmers to widely plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms for reeling.

3. Night music

Southern and Northern Dynasties: Shen Yue

The lonely lamp is not clear, and the cold machine is still woven.

The crow sighed, "Who did Zero Tears say to?"

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In the empty room, the angel's lonely lamp is half bright, no matter how cold it is, I still set foot on the loom to weave. Tears come down, but who can you tell? I can only listen to the cock crow and let out a sigh.

4. Grand reception

Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi

On the red carpet, choose cocoon silk to boil, and pick silk to practice red and blue dyeing. ?

Dye it red and blue, weave it into a carpet and put it on the incense hall.

The incense hall is ten feet wide and the red line is woven into a temple shop.

The color is soft and fragrant, and the thread is soft and empty.

Beauty is jumping, followed by stockings and embroidered shoes.

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The red carpet is woven day and night by southern women through many processes, such as mulberry picking and sericulture, silk reeling, silk picking and thread training, and red and blue flower dyeing. This painstaking and sweaty work was laid on the floor of the palace like a carpet. No one wants to appreciate its soft texture, faint fragrance and beautiful patterns, and beautiful women trample on it at will.

5, dazzling silk

Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi

It takes a lot of effort to weave brocade, which is incomparable to silk.

Many women's hands hurt when they are thin, and they can't tie a thousand words.

The singers and dancers in Zhaoyang Temple should also cherish the Weaver Maid when they see it.

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You know, brocade takes a lot of effort, so don't compare it with ordinary silk. Cocoon reeling hurts the weaver's hand, which is full of thorns, and the brocade is still less than a foot long. Yanji, who danced in the court, should cherish the hardships of weaving.