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The legendary queen Xi Ling Shi (also known as Leizu) was the 14-year-old bride of the Yellow Emperor of China, and is credited as the first to use silk as a cloth. The folklore lists conflicting accounts of her discovery. One account (attributed to Confucius) is that while she was drinking tea outdoors, a cocoon fell into the hot liquid and unraveled. Another is that she discovered a worm while investigating damaged mulberry trees, and found that it was spinning silk.
In either case, she found that the thread could be unwound into long filaments, very light but very strong, and had silk reels and looms built to weave silk yarn and cloth.
No doubt many previous cultures had discovered the cocoons (related to those of other insects, and to spider webs), but China had a virtual monopoly on silk production from the time of Xi Ling Shi (c. 2640 BC?) until the period 200 BC (for Korea) to 300 AD (for India). Europeans began making silk around 550 AD and by the 13th century, Italy became a center for silk making and designs.
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Who was Xilingshi?
According to tradition Xi Ling Shi (also called Xilingshi, Xi Lingshi, Leizu, Lei-tzu, Si Ling-chi, Hsi Ling Shi) was a Chinese empress who reportedly discovered silk-making in the 27th century BC.
What is Lingshi County's population?
The population of Lingshi County is 251,000.
What is the area of Lingshi County?
The area of Lingshi County is 1,206 square kilometers.
How did xi ling shi make silk?
Xi Ling Shi is credited with discovering silk as she was the empress who raised silkworms and discovered how to weave silk from their cocoons. Legend has it that she discovered silk when a silkworm cocoon fell into her hot tea and unraveled, revealing the fine thread inside.
What did Xi Ling Shi discover?
Xilingshi invented silk.
What did xi ling shi invented?
Hsi Ling Shi invented silk that was about somewhere around 2700 B.C.
Why do caterpillars spin silk?
well, catapillars dont really spin silk, silk worms make silk. catapillars make a sort of spider string but only when they cacoon themselfs up.
Why do people keep silk worms?
Silk is not made out of silk worms. Silk is made by silk worms which spin to make a cocoon for themselves.
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Why is the silk moth killed?
Silk worms are killed to make silk which is a sought after soft fabric. It takes 15 silk worms to make a single gram of silk thread.
What animal makes silk?
Silkworms. they have to be a moth before they make silk
What is silk used to make?
Silk is used to make clothes, sheets, neckties, etc.
