Fabulous and legendary tales about silk

          Legendary story about the origins of silk story it was mostly about the Empress of China. The story follows.

          Huang-Ti Emperor who ruled China during the years 2600-2700 BCE. He was assigned to his wife named Hsi-Ling-Shi studied the fungal disease of mulberry tree forest. The small white worms eat mulberry leaves. Then crawl to branches and leaves the nest. Hsi-Ling-Shi holds a number of cocoon and chrysalis to the palace of the Queen to the study. When she returned to the palace during the accident. She fell into a caterpillar nest in the bathtub. She noted that a caterpillar nest itself is more like a spider web fibers. When she saw it. Let's have a look at the fibers as the fibers are very small twinkling. He noted further that these fibers are not the same length. And she was, how much fiber. Pupal cocoon is smaller only. After that, she was introduced to the fabric. A very beautiful piece of silk.

         The story about the origin of another. A tale of Hangzhou Province in China. The synopsis is as follows. Once long ago. There was one little girl named Ah-Jiew on the age of 9 years old. Her mother died. She and her brother aged 4 years left to live with his father and stepmother. One day, a day with cold air. Her stepmother, she has to put hay cart was full. If you do not have a basket full of hay I still do not go home. Because there is no rice to eat. Aa-jiew leave the house to fry basket to collect the dry grass along the trail. Along the river. Through her. From morning till evening, but not for hay. It is a winter snow down the tree, but it leaves out. She know what to do to get the grass is full cart back to the stepmother. She think so listless and think her mother and brother in June, the sun shines warm, flowers, leaves, birds singing voice. Her mother was holding a basket full of freshly cut grass, went to her brother, who ran it.  When she came near her daughter and son. She told them that. "Do not just go to sleep. Before we go to the shepherd.  When reminded of this. She heard a voice from heaven said "The grass is rich in caves."  She looked quite blue. The bird has a white mane around the neck. Circle and pretend like it's a way to tell her. She got the bird is so well know. And then the little bird had disappeared. There were no birds to navigate it. She was frightened and confused, dazed. After that, she was a giant pine tree path. The thick pine leaves on the light does not pass down. She looked the pine trees and walked around the pine trees. Then she noticed that there is a broad field of cliff. It is a cave and the sound of water flowing into the cave to come out with. She got thirsty so she went there and drank the water in the streams.  And then you saw the grass was full of side streams. She have more insight into the beauty of flowers and grass on a lawn full basket.  When the basket was full of cut grass. She began to walk through the caves that are open to the courtyard of one. I see a beautiful woman she was walking straight at her. When approaching, she told the Sun that it's not fried, and I fear she is speaking for a few days. She agree with the woman during her stay at the White House roof.  She has collaborated with many girls to pick up leaves to feed the larvae, white as snow. She just knew. She learned that These silkworm larvae. The leaves are collected, it was fed on mulberry leaves, the larvae spin a web, then a pupa. It was able to come out of it is the fiber length used is called silk weaving and different can be dyed to color as she like. Remember her on this mystery in mind.          

         Over time, three months. One day she was homesick. The idea was that she was home for several months. One thought sprang into the brain, why not go home and get my brother to come together here. When I did so. The next day she was leaving home without telling anyone. The silkworm eggs and mulberry seeds with you. During her trip back home, sprinkle silkworm eggs and mulberry leaves from time to time to allow it to be observed, when she returned to the White House roof again later.

         When she got home. Her father was an old man. The older brother was a teenager. Her father asked her where she went through 15 years, and what happened to her. She told her father about a mysterious valley and what was found. The lady in white dress, white worm called "insect heaven" and to show off the silkworm eggs from her father. When the villagers heard.  Many believed that she had met with the goddess who want to Hangzhou known to breed silk worms through her. 

          The next day, she mysteriously returned to the valley again. Along the way, she noticed that there were mulberry trees occur along the way that she could sprinkle seeds fried mulberry leaves to the legs. She followed the traditional route to the place that used to be a cave. But she has found the cave was found. But she found a necklace, a white circle on the original claim was that "Ah-Jiew, fried stolen treasures" and fly evanescent When she heard it. She feel guilty that she had stolen the eggs and fried silk and mulberry seeds from the valley. But she did not know what to do to get back home. Since then, the people of Hangzhou are mulberry and silkworm have been sent from the goddess and was known as the silk since.

          Present the city of Hangzhou, China, Democratic People's Republic. A center of silk production. Ah-Jiew was named as "insect heaven" to Hangzhou, and a white woman who is not known to be called. "Mother of silk" or "Goddess of Silk".

        For about 3,000 years, China has kept this matter secret. And monopoly industries is excerpted from the sole to the BE 843 years Japan has been formulated. The story that. Japan has sent many Koreans to participate in China to pick a secret meeting on the issue. Individuals who were sent to bring her back with the Chinese. The women are taught to the Chinese, Koreans and Japanese. Known to the art of sericulture and silk production. Currently, Japan is one of the silk and silk products export industry, the famous one

References:

Nualkhae Paliwanich.  (2542).  Kwaom-Ru-Ruang-Pha-Lae-Senyai.  (The new revised edition).  Bangkok: C-Education. (In Thai).

Panyathai. (2009).  Ton-Kamnerd-Pha-Mai.  Retrieved Febuary 1, 2010, from  http://www.panyathai.or.th/wiki/index.php/ผ้าไหมไทย

(In Thai).

Written by: Nayika Derdkhuntod