Hsi Ling Shi: The Silk Goddess by https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b The discovery of silk and how it affected anicent China. en-us 2021-09-17 18:57:08 UTC 2024-12-02 00:50:42 UTC hello@padlet.com adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749467650 Early artwork of Hsi Ling Shi, otherwise known as Empress Leizu.]]> 2021-09-17 19:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749467650 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749471224 A Painting showing a silkworm which had fallen into Hsi Ling Shi's tea being pulled out and examined closely, specifically at the silk unraveling from the insect]]> 2021-09-17 19:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749471224 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749507441 A map of the 7,000 mile long silk road, and just how far the influences and monopoly a single material can provide]]> 2021-09-17 19:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749507441 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749510966 2021-09-17 19:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749510966 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749514860 2021-09-17 19:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749514860 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749565575 Authentic silk ware from ancient China preserved in a museum. The material lasted hundreds of years proving just how important this texture was during those times.]]> 2021-09-17 20:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749565575 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749569286 2021-09-17 20:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749569286 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749571496 2021-09-17 20:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749571496 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749579688 A portrait of a mulberry tree, earned it's significance from the silkworms that gathered on it to eat the leaves]]> 2021-09-17 20:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749579688 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749587535 Silk was not the only good traded on the silk road, many different items from different cultures also spread their goods that were not known or available ]]> 2021-09-17 20:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749587535 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749677550 An early silk loom, Hsi Ling Shi is given credit for the invention, and also for the silk reel. Both of which were used to spindle the silk to make fine clothes]]> 2021-09-17 22:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749677550 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749679936 Empress Leizu was dubbed "The Lady of the Silk worm" and "The Goddess of Silk Making" for her significant discoveries with silk and the silk loom ]]> 2021-09-17 22:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749679936 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749689804 Silk clothing went farther than just the first empire, shown in most art pieces of ancient china. Mainly worn by those of higher class the material has not lost it's significance in centuries.]]> 2021-09-17 22:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749689804 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749698908 Historical figure Marco Polo himself traveled through the famed silk road to get to ancient China, where he learned just how advanced the Chinese empire was compared to the rest of the world at the time.]]> 2021-09-17 22:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749698908 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749707670 As mentioned before the silk road contributed more then just Chinese goods, as all participating merchants from different cultures brought their own individual goods in and influenced other early civilizations ]]> 2021-09-17 22:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1749707670 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1750035646 Chinese influence went far and wide, even affecting the Roman empire, whom became obsessed with silk clothing]]> 2021-09-18 05:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1750035646 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1750037318 Animals like elephants and lions were also new imports brought in to ancient China, something the people had not seen before]]> 2021-09-18 05:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1750037318 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1750038353 It was the Han Dynasty that earns much of the credit from the usage of the silk road, many of the imports that had affected ancient Chinese culture came during the Han era and would make a significant impact to the civilization ]]> 2021-09-18 05:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1750038353 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1750041829 In order to learn more in the westward expansion, zhang qian was sent on a journey that would cost him 13 years, and 99 of the original 100 men sent with him. He would go on to travel again after telling great tales of the journey, only this time the historian Ssu-ma Ch'ien came along and documented what would later be dubbed Shiji (Records of the Historian)]]> 2021-09-18 05:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1750041829 adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1750045175 The Silk Road affected and left a rather large mark on greater ancient Asia. The significance from new fruit introduced to different cultures, to historical figures like Marco Polo learning from ancient China to bring back to Venice. All stemming from the Goddess of Silk herself, Empress Hsi Ling Shi. ]]> 2021-09-18 05:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1750045175 Works Cited: adrianbrito141 https://padlet.com/adrianbrito141/5njue0qkn56ajz5b/wish/1750053068 Lewis, Jone Johnson. "A Chinese Empress and the Discovery of Silk-Making." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/chinese-empress-discovers-silk-making-3529402 (accessed September 16, 2021). 

Mingren, Wu. “The Legend of Leizu and the Origins of Luxurious Chinese Silk.” Ancient Origins. https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/legend-leizu-and-origins-luxurious-chinese-silk-005475 (accesed September 17, 2021). 

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