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In the Mulberry Silkworm Town, the Songzhou Hanfu Festival • Hanfu Study Tour was launched. Everyone dressed in Hanfu, got up close with silkworms, carrying fine bamboo baskets to pick fresh mulberry leaves under the trees; they hand-painted silk scarves, applied dyes, infused imagination, creating unique silk scarves; visited the Mulberry Silkworm Museum, feeling every aspect of silkworm culture, reliving the dramatic changes and continuity of silkworm history, embarking on a journey to understand the cultural heritage of mulberry and silk, and explore the origins of the Silk Road. Zhong Lanqing is the 69th direct descendant of Confucius. Influenced by the Zhong family culture since childhood, he was also deeply immersed in the local silk culture, first apprenticed in his uncle's silk shop, learning quickly and becoming a skilled businessman; after working in his uncle's shop for five years, he opened his own "Yifeng" silk shop on the largest silk market in Shengze. Zhong Lanqing, while trading silk fabrics, perceived the market demand for silk scarves and expanded his business into silk scarf production. In September 1995, at the Chinese Goods Exhibition held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce in Beijing, Zhong Lanqing's silk scarf won the First Prize,…