dimanche 10 mai 2015

ETAPE/STEP 7 / 3




NIMES, 30 - departement du GARD

famous for roman amphitheatre (arena)


la magnanerie est l'endroit où l'on élève
les vers à soie  (la sériciculture)

magnanerie (magnanery) is the place
for silk farming




Nîmes is historically known for its textiles. 
DENIM is a cotton fabric of blue jeans ( meeting with "Jean" )
its name is believed to be derived
from "serge de Nîmes" after the city of Nîmes.






Les écrits de Confucius et la tradition chinoise racontent qu'au XXVIIe siècle avant J.C. un cocon de ver à soie serait tombé dans la tasse de thé de l’impératrice Leizu. Voulant l'extraire de sa boisson, la jeune fille de quatorze ans aurait commencé à dérouler le fil du cocon. Elle aurait alors eu l’idée de le tisser.

The writings of Confucius and Chinese tradition recount that, in the 27th century BCE, a silk worm's cocoon fell into the tea cup of the empress Leizu. Wishing to extract it from her drink, the 14-year-old girl began to unroll the thread of the cocoon.

Le fil du cocon du bombyx du mûrier mesure entre 800 et 1500 m de long.
The cocoon is made of a thread of raw silk from 300 to about 900 m (1,000 to 3,000 ft) long.



Le musée de la soie à Saint Hyppolite du Fort

http://www.museedelasoie-cevennes.com/











with old marvellous spinning machines











La maison du BOUTIS  à découvrir à CALVISSON
http://www.la-maison-du-boutis.fr/



A TARASCON, après avoir salué la fameuse Tarasque, allez visiter le musée SOLEIADO






After greeting the fabulous Tarasque, let's visit the SOLEIADO museum in TARASCON




http://souleiado-lemusee.com/


This step is dedicated to Grace "Needle Pins and Dragonflies" and her
card exchange  (lavander, bird "Sulfura - Moltres" with Arizona flag)


Will a little magic help us for the next step ?
"Pack"  "Failamalle"

"Apparate"   "Transplanage"

3 commentaires:

  1. Great post! What a lovely place to visit...
    Missed the train on this one but fingers crossed I will be on time for the next departure!
    Hugs xx

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  2. Yay, I guessed right! What an interesting story about the silk worm and the factory too.

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  3. WOW! I got it right and not! I figured out Nȋmes so quickly I thought it had to be a little harder! :D
    I didn't remember that cocoon tale, how interesting!
    next stop is without any doubt Harry Potter related, not only because you told me so but because I'm a huge Potterhead, I would recognise "Apparate" from miles away! :D

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