Who was the first sericulture farmer in the history of China?

Lei Zu, also known as Lei Zu, the princess of the Yellow Emperor, was born in Yin Xi Village, the county seat this summer. Legend has it that she invented planting mulberry to raise silkworms, breaking the nest to weave silk, and making silk into clothes, ending the primitive life of human beings making clothes with hides and leaves.

Yin Xi silk was sent to the Western Han Dynasty as a gift, which opened up the Silk Road. Leizu's hometown ... Yin Xi Village, Xiaxian County, Hedong, has also become the birthplace of mulberry planting and sericulture in China and the source of the Silk Road.

China is a civilized country with a long history in the world, and our ancestors created a world-famous splendid culture. Lei Zu is an outstanding representative of our ancestors' women. She initiated marriage to teach the world with her mother and benefit all the people. She and Emperor Yanhuang opened up a vast world, bid farewell to the wild, and made great contributions to the sun and the moon. Virtue is regarded as the "mother of silkworms" by China people, living in the same era as Yan Di and Huangdi, and both are ancestors of human beings.

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Lei Zu's contribution lies not only in the invention of sericulture technology, but also in the fact that she, as the wife of the Yellow Emperor, is said to have created many etiquette norms, so that people all over China not only dress appropriately, but also treat each other with courtesy and maintain social stability and peace.

Lei Zu gave birth to two sons for the Yellow Emperor, the first named Xuantao and the second named Changyi. Changyi lived in Ruoshui and gave birth to the Korean Wave, who married the daughter of Nobuko and gave birth to the great god Zhuan Xu. Zhuan Xu later succeeded to the throne.

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