Our country element with " silk country " is celebrated at the world, it is the birthplace of silk course of study. The function that silk softness breathes freely and 絢 beautiful the favour that breed of colorful design and color gained compatriots not only, also enjoy extremely tall reputation in abroad.

About mulberry silk silken origin has a lot of moving fokelore on our country history, among them Lei ancestor 敎 civilian the account on the story history record that sericiculture makes silk is most, circulate the widest also.

Moment of remote antiquity of according to legend, have a beautiful, kind-hearted girl, be born in Xi Ling (today churchyard of county of booth of Sichuan province salt) Lei village hill an other people. Should go out everyday after the girl is grown collect wild fruit to come support sb is weak and sick 2 old. She is not afraid that suffering is mixed tired, the wild fruit of vicinity is collected, postscript hill ford is collected to far, just come home very late everyday. Before long, the wild fruit of far also is collected, take what to come support sb 2 old? The hardship of the life makes the girl relies on below a mulberry to cry sadly, cry is in that way Ai Wan, desolate, make the birds and beasts of far and near touched ground shedding to issue tear. This cry shook Tian Ting. The Jade Emperor pokes cloud and mist to look downward, the filial piety daughter that sees 945 years old cries half alive, sent benevolence, the blame " of woman of head of horse of celestial being " makes descend to the world, turn the day that takes mulberry leaf spin into bug. Equestrian head woman sees the look of girl sadness, by the side of the mouth that falls Sang Guo in her, the girl licks the edge that lick the mouth acerbity sweet. Ate a bit, feel never mind is unusual, collected a lot of belts to come home 2 often eat, it is good that the spirit after the old person eats compares a day one day.

The summer with a beautiful sunshine, the girl discovers the day bug on the tree is spitting silk ceaselessly, do chrysalis child, the 7 variety that produce below sunshine reflex special beauty, stem from curiosity, the girl collects to be put in the mouth, pull with handgrip silk, this has tenacity again. She resembles day bug simply in that way, make up a small silk fabric, wrap around to go up in the body to parents into one chunk repeatedly, hot weather is cool, warm in the winter, it is day bug entitle then silkworm, catch feed coming home. Accumulate through long-term experience, the girl mastered the manufacturing rule of silkworm and filature completely to knit silken craft, be without these reservation to teach local people. From now on people ended " eat raw birds and animals, " of Yi Jiyu wool is primitive dress, entered the civilized society that embroider of bright and beautiful garment takes.

The girl invents sericiculture filature to knit silken message to spread everywhere to Xi Ling tribe very quickly, xi Ling king is very glad, receive a girl to be a daughter, grant a " Lei ancestor " . This one earthshaking pioneering work spread everywhere to Lei ancestor very quickly China earth, tribal leader proposes to her to Xi Ling in succession, suffer the excuse oneself from of Lei ancestor. At this moment leader of brilliant and extraordinary Central Plains tribe Huang Dixuan thill, go on an expedition comes to Xi Ling, two people see admire, very fast Lei ancestor be chosen yuan of the wife of a prince of Huang Di. Lei ancestor assists yellow emperor conquer southern ignoranting You Hexi square phlogistic emperor, had coordinated each tribal relation, finished the great undertaking of unified China. At the same time achieve asks Huang Dizhao your the world, popularize the technology that grows mulberry sericiculture brocade to the whole nation. The Huang Di after Lei ancestor is dead her bury at falling village hill, its are later ages address sb respectfully " first " of silkworm empress or imperial concubine of the first rank.
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