On a sunny summer day, the girl found that the worm on the tree kept spitting silk and making cocoons. The colorful reflection produced in the sun was very beautiful. Out of curiosity, the girl took one and put it in her mouth, and pulled out the silk with her hand. The silk was resilient. She simply weaves small pieces of silk like a worm, and puts them on her parents in a big piece. It is cool in hot weather and warm in winter, so she named the worm silkworm and took it home to feed. After a long period of experience, the girl completely mastered the production rules of silkworms and the skills of silk reeling and weaving, and taught them to the local people without reservation. Since then, people have ended the primitive clothes of "eating and drinking blood, clothing their feathers" and entered a civilized society of embroidered clothes.
According to historical records, Lei Zu was the imperial concubine of the Yellow Emperor. She first domesticated silkworms and created the silk industry, and was regarded as the "First Silkworm Empress". When Lei Zu was appointed as the chieftain of Xiling Tribe and the smart leader of Xishu, he developed agriculture, mulberry, economy and trade, and Anbang managed the country well and was deeply loved by the people. After marrying the Yellow Emperor as a princess, he "decided to cultivate agriculture, mulberry, dress legally, promote marriage, respect etiquette, build a palace and lay a foundation for the country", United with Emperor Yan, defeated Chiyou and unified China, and was honored as the "mother of all nations" from then on.
Lei Zu died in Hengshan Mountain following the Yellow Emperor's southern tour, and was buried in his hometown of Qinglong Mountain in Yanting County according to his will.
Lei Zu was praised by later generations as the founder of sericulture and silk harvesting in China. According to Sui Shu? According to Etiquette Records, she was honored as the first silkworm in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Lei Zu, the daughter of Xiling's family, was recorded in The Mirror of the Northern Song Dynasty. The emperor's concubine began to teach the people to raise silkworms and cure silk cocoons for clothes. " "History of the Road" systematized the sericulture and silk harvesting invented by Lei Zu, saying that Xiling's family advised sericulture and rearing silkworm eggs, and personally picked mulberry to make silk, which started the cause of silk weaving. Since then, Lei Zu has been regarded as the ancestor of working women in ancient times to raise silkworms and silk harvesting, and was enshrined as a silkworm god by the ancient Yellow Emperor. In the future, whenever it is time to plant mulberry and raise silkworms, people will set up altars to worship the first silkworms, in order to make the weather good and the silkworms fat. At the same time, it is also used to pay homage to Lei Zu, a great invention.
In Qiaoshan, huangling county City, Shaanxi Province, there is a memorial service for Lei Zu in the grand ceremony to pay homage to the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor.
There is Lei Zu Mausoleum in Yanting County, Sichuan Province. The local people celebrate the Year of Silkworm every year on the eighth day of the first month, and Lei Zu's birthday is on the tenth day of February.