"Judges, friends, this World Heritage Conference, the first project to be applied for in my country is the West Array cloud brocade weaving process."

Kono read his speech, and a PPT was played on the projection screen behind him, which contained detailed information about the inscription.

The delegates of all countries at the scene wore simultaneous interpretation headphones and could understand his speech.

After hearing his speech, the representatives of various countries looked to the side of the project team of China's application for World Heritage Status.

The delegates present are scholars and experts from all over the world, and they all have a certain understanding of the history and culture of various countries in the world.

As we all know, silk is the symbol of China, and it is also the first medium for countries around the world to understand Chinese civilization.

At that time, the Silk Road connected the Eastern and Western civilizations, and it was recorded in the history books of various countries.

However, the Neon State has submitted an application for the inheritance of silk weaving technology, which is undoubtedly a provocation to the Chinese State.

As a result, Kono Yamatoshi's speech on the World Heritage Site had just begun, and it had already aroused the strong interest of the delegates present.

To be precise, it should be a gossip interest that is not too big to watch the excitement.

Kono Yamatoshi didn't pay attention to the exchange of representatives from various countries at the scene, but continued to say to himself: "The history of silk weaving in China has been more than 3,000 years, and the earliest can be traced back to the late Jomon period in Kyushu in the first 1,000 BC.

On the pottery fragments of the Jomon period excavated in various parts of Japan, there are already traces of cloth patterns. ”

As he spoke, photographs of pottery shards were also displayed on the projection screen.

The pottery fragments in the photo do have intersecting lines.

Looking at these photos, Director Zhu beside Li Yi couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "If it is sparse like this, it can also be called cloth?" It's almost the same as a fishing net! ”

Li Yi smiled and did not say anything, but looked at Kono Yamajun who continued to speak with interest.

It's quite interesting to watch his serious nonsense, like watching a sketch.

"According to the Kojiki, the earliest book written in Japan, after the god of food, Otsubimai, was killed by Susanoo, many crops emerged from his body.

Silkworms grew from her head, rice from her eyes, millet from her ears, red beans from her nose, wheat from her vulva, and soybeans from her rumps.

When the god of the nest saw this, he took out these seeds, and from then on there were these crops.

This shows that long before the "Ancient Records" was written, China had mastered the technology of silkworm weaving. ”

Kono Yamatoshi said, and the cover of a book also appeared in the PPT.

But looking at this book, Li Yi couldn't help but chuckle.

Because the three big characters of "Ancient Records" on the cover of the book are written in Chinese characters.

Representatives of other countries present also noticed this, and for a while there were a lot of snickering laughter, which was quite clear in the quiet venue.

Hearing these laughter, the faces of the delegation behind Kono Yamatoshi suddenly became a little embarrassed.

Junta Arai, who was sitting precariously, had a particularly ugly face, and he looked at the smiling representatives with a calm face, as if anger could erupt from his eyes.

However, Kono Yamatoshi continued to speak as if he was unaware: "As early as the time of Emperor Shojin, the 10th emperor of our country, the Taya-mei predecessors of Kuji Prefecture had already made long hatabu silk from coarse silk.

In the Yamato period of the 5th century, before Emperor Kanmu built Heiankyo, the textile industry in Kyoto, Japan, began to take off, and a large-scale textile industry was formed.

With the relocation of the capital of Heiankyo and the establishment of the Weaving Division, which was responsible for the management of court fabrics, China's textile industry has developed rapidly.

In the second half of the Heian period, the textile craftsmen of the Oribe Division gathered and settled in the town of Osheto, east of the Oribe Division, and began to work freely without the management of the imperial court, producing fine textiles such as the Osheto no Aya and the Omiya no Silk.

In the middle of the Muromachi period, many craftsmen left Kyoto due to the Onin War, and only returned to the site of the base camp of the Western Army after the war subsided, and the textile industry was redeveloped from the ruins, producing even more exquisite silk than before.

These silks produced on the site of the base camp of the Western Army are the predecessors of today's national treasure-level textile craft Nishijin Weaving.

During the Edo period, Nishijin became a nationally renowned production base for high-end silk, with large yarn wholesalers and textile workshops forming a textile town, and more than 20,000 local looms.

It is precisely because of such a thriving textile industry that the local area was born with exquisite neon west cloud brocade..."

Hearing this, many snickering representatives have already put away their smiles and began to seriously look at the photos of materials and cultural relics on the PPT.

Looking at the photos of the cultural relics of various fabrics displayed in the PPT, the representatives looked at the Huaguo project team with some doubts, thoughtful.

Everything must be logical, and Kono Yamatoshi's speech is reasonable, with evidence of cultural relics and historical records, which is still very convincing.

Could it be that the neon country really has its own cloud brocade weaving process?

Beside Li Yi, Director Zhu was already rolling his eyes in anger.

"What fucking bullshit!"

Director Zhu burst out of his teeth before he whispered, "This kid didn't mention how he came to us to learn technology back then!"

When he said this, it turned out that silk was invented by themselves! ”

"Don't worry."

Li Yi comforted him: "It's not black or white, let's listen to what he has to say first." ”

Sensing that the representatives of various countries were serious, everyone in the Neon Nation delegation sat up straight with proud expressions.

And Junta Arai was even more straight, looking excited, and he was about to burst into tears.

In a short time, Kono had already finished his speech.

However, he didn't finish his speech, he turned around and looked at Junta Arai, raised his hand and introduced: "The one sitting behind me is the inheritor of the Western Array Yunjin, Mr. Junta Arai."

The weaving process of Nishijin cloud brocade was created by the predecessors of the Arai family.

Next, I would like to ask Mr. Junta Arai to explain the specific weaving process of Nishijin cloud brocade to the judges. ”

With that, he stepped off the podium.

Junta Arai stood up solemnly, slowly tidied up the tattooed feather hakama on his body, and after tidying up his clothes, he walked towards the podium.

Staggered past Kono Yamatoshi, he nodded at Kono Yamatoshi, and then stepped onto the podium.

"Distinguished judges, delegates, I am the patriarch of the Arai family, Junta Arai."

He introduced himself with a serious face.

The microphone in front of him collected his voice and spread throughout the venue, and through simultaneous translation, it reached the ears of the delegates of various countries.

"My family is the oldest textile family in the western group."

There was a hint of suppressed excitement in his tone: "My ancestor, Taro Arai, witnessed with his own eyes the splendor of Nishijinori in Edo.

At that time, there were already more than 12 kinds of fabrics in the western front area, such as ornamentation, warp brocade, weft brocade, satin, zhuzhen, shaoba, fengtong, weaving, weaving, weaving, velvet, weaving, and weaving.

My ancestor, Taro Arai, combined the most advanced fabric technology of the time to weave Nishijin cloud brocade! ”

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