Analysis of Sericulture Education in Northwest Anhui Province from 1905 to 1949
At the beginning of the 20th century,sericulture industry in northwest Anhui is in a spontaneous backward stage.The sericul-ture farmers were small in scale,and they fed silkworms only by experience,without improvement,so the income was low.Later,under the influence of the trend of industrial salvation,a number of sericulture school were set up in northwest Anhui,trying to promote the improve-ment and promotion of sericulture through the direct connection between sericulture education and society,so as to revitalize sericulture in northwest Anhui and increase local farmers'income.Sericulture education in this period also has instability,the school has been closed from time to time,which affected the normal rhythm of sericulture education.Nevertheless,the sericulture schools in northwest Anhui still promoted the development of local sericulture industry,and the cultivated students and the improved technology had a non-negligible im-pact on northwest Anhui.