| Proverbs arise and circulate in folklore,a concise language for describing people’s experience accumulated over time in production and life.Textile culture is the sum of material and spiritual civilization created by the people in the practice of textile labor.Proverbs record textile culture,and through proverbs we can understand the connotation of textile culture.The textile artifact culture in proverbs is reflected in textile raw materials,textile tools,textiles and other labor products.The textile folk culture in proverbs refers to the production customs formed in textile production activities mainly by men and women;the folk customs of textile industry with harsh environment and heavy workload;the festival customs of "begging" and the textile customs of different regions.The culture of mind in proverbs reflects the values of self-improvement,diligence and frugality formed in textile activities;the aesthetic interest of virtue as beauty and consistency between inside and outside;and the way of thinking of attaching importance to agriculture and mulberry and pursuing "harmony between heaven and man".The main role of proverbs is the dissemination of knowledge,textile proverbs contain a wealth of textile experience and philosophy of life,with the function of understanding,discernment and admonition.The study of textile culture in proverbs is important to reveal the information of textile culture,understand the history of textile development,inherit the textile experience and promote the national spirit. |