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During the reign of the Yellow Emperor, he and his wife changed China forever.

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As an Empress, Leizu is one of the most legendary. Usually Empress' don't get a lot of recognition in history.

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Some say Leizu was worshipped after her discoveries.

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Silk took over China all beginning with one girl.

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The Empress and the Yellow Emperor later had a son name Changyi

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According to the legend, Leizu was very young, possibly 14 years old.

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The legend of Leizu is found in the stories of Confucius.

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Silk became a huge commodity in China which created the Silk Road.

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Also known as Empress Leizu

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While Leizu had some power as an Empress, she made sure to persuade her husband to help her get her discovery up and running!

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Leizu getting recognition for such an incredible discovery and invention meant a lot, especially in those days. She's still honored for it today!

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Silk instantly spread all throughout China and became a huge part of their economy.

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Map of Ancient China's Tribal Unions during under the reign of the Yellow Emperor.

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Farming silk worms is called sericulture, founded by Empress Leizu

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She began a sericulture and taught other women to make silk, to make the cloth, and later on, to make embroidery out of the silk cloth.

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Because of her discovery, she ordered the planting of a forest of mulberry trees to feed silk worms that would produce the silk.

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Legend has it, Empress Leizu was drinking her afternoon tea when she discovered silk.

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Hsi Ling Shi is credited to inventing the Loom to spin her silk.

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In the Imperial Palace Garden is where the discovery was made.

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Where the discovery was made

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When Hsi Ling Shi discovered her mulberry trees had been destroyed, she discovered the culprit to be silk worms. And later had mulberry tree farms planted.

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She discovered silk while dropping a cocoon of a silk worm in her tea! Yuck!

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She began a sericulture and taught other women to make silk, to make the cloth, and later on, to make embroidery out of the silk cloth. Because of her finding of silk and starting the coveted silk industry, Empress Leizu was called the Goddess of Silk.

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Also known as Huangdi, was married to Hsi Ling Shi.

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Hsi Ling Shi made the discovery of silk in China, 2696 BCE