“Silk Road” will be aired tonight/ the industry that attracted Marco Polo – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
Mohammad Reza Ramzi, the producer and director of the documentary series “Rah Abrishmi” told Mehr reporter about the airing of this work on Chahar Sima channel: It will be aired on Chahar Sima channel for 10 days starting today, 23 Bahman.
He added: This documentary collection has an overview of the history of silk in Iran and the origin of silk, which is the Gilan Plain. Gilan is the center of silk production in Iran, and of course it has gone through some problems.
secret He reminded: This collection was produced in 10 episodes and each episode takes 25 minutes. In the first two parts, we have a look at the beauty of silk, which has a 45-day process, and the farmer the egg It takes it and turns it into a cocoon and then turns into a young worm.
Referring to the ceremony of farmers in Gilan for silkworms, he stated: Farmers have a ritual ceremony called Kaj Chini, which is performed every year in the Jalga of Gilan at the same time as the silk harvest season. Silk is a strategic product of Iran, which was the peak of its sales during the Safavid era.
This documentary maker added: Iran’s silk product has been so famous that when Marco Polo came to Iran, he said that the Venetians were looking for silk produced in Gilan. 2500 BC, first the Chinese it discovered The Silk Road brought silk and the science of its production to Europe and Iran, and this route became the route of silk trade.
He said about the importance of silk in periods of history: During the Safavid period, they even received silk cocoons from the people instead of taxes because it was produced and sold very well. After Qajar, it declined and gradually diseases related to silk cocoons both in These farms expanded.
secret In the end, he said about the making of this 10-part documentary: Part of this documentary deals with the problems of farmers in the silk industry. During these years factories spinning from It has disappeared and problems have arisen. For this documentary, we have gone to several provinces, including Khorasan, Isfahan, Qom, and it took about 2 years to make this collection. Our research started in 2017, we had many stops, most of which were related to Corona.