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Legendary Chinese empress

Leizu (Chinese: 嫘祖; pinyin: Léi Zǔ), also known as Xi Ling-shi (Chinese: 西陵氏, Wade–Giles Hsi Ling-shih), was a legendary Chineseempress and wife of the Yellow Emperor.

According to tradition, she discovered sericulture, and invented the silk loom, in the 27th century BC.

Myths

According to legend, Leizu discovered silkworms while having an afternoon tea, and a cocoon fell in her tea.

It slowly unraveled and she was enchanted by it.

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According to one account, a silkworm cocoon fell into her tea, and the heat unwrapped the silk until it stretched across her entire garden. When the silk ran out, she saw a small cocoon and realized that this cocoon was the source of the silk.

Another version says that she found silkworms eating the mulberry leaves and spinning cocoons. She collected some cocoons, then sat down to have some tea. While she was sipping a cup, she dropped a cocoon into the steaming water.

A fine thread started