Illustration of Leizu teaching people to cultivate silkworms.
Leizu 嫘祖
Spouse
Yellow Emperor
Issue
Shaohao Changyi
Leizu (Chinese: 嫘祖; pinyin: Léi Zǔ), also known as Xi Ling-shi (Chinese: 西陵氏, Wade–Giles Hsi Ling-shih), was a legendary Chinese empress and wife of the Yellow Emperor. According to tradition, she discovered sericulture, and invented the silk loom, in the 27th century BC.
Leizu (Chinese: 嫘祖; pinyin: Léi Zǔ), also known as Xi Ling-shi (Chinese: 西陵氏, Wade–Giles Hsi Ling-shih), was a legendary Chinese empress and wife of the...
to Chinese mythology sources, the mother-in-law of the inventor of silk, Leizu; mother of Huang Di the Yellow Emperor; and, wife of Shaodian. However,...
ones who were born to Leizu, the eldest son Shaohao, and the second son Changyi. In the 29th year of the Yellow Emperor, Leizu gave birth to Changyi near...
mother was Fubao(附寶). The Yellow Emperor had four wives. His first wife Leizu of Xiling bore him two sons. His other three wives were his second wife...
involves sericulture, the production of silk: an invention credited to Leizu, for one. An example of a non-Han ethnicity culture hero is Panhu. Because...
Xingyang, Henan. Legend gives credit for developing silk to a Chinese empress, Leizu (Hsi-Ling-Shih, Lei-Tzu). Silks were originally reserved for the emperors...
called Cángū (蚕姑 the "Silkworm Maiden [or Lady]"), and is identified as Léizǔ (嫘祖), the wife of Huangdi, the deity of the centre of the cosmos and god...
dated c. 1900, housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art Predecessor Yellow Emperor Successor Zhuanxu Issue Jiaoji Father Yellow Emperor Mother Leizu...
indicates the discovery of the silkworm's silk was by an ancient empress named Leizu, the wife of the Yellow Emperor, also known as Xi Lingshi. She was drinking...
cocoon of the domestic silkmoth (Bombyx mori), as an alternative to the Leizu mythos. In this case, apparently hinging in part on a perceived similarity...
the people. Zhuanxu was the grandson of the Yellow Emperor and his wife Leizu by way of his father Changyi (昌意). His mother was named Changpu (昌僕) from...
inseparable from silk, supposedly discovered by the Yellow Emperor's consort, Leizu. The dynasty to follow the Shang, the Western Zhou dynasty, established...
Mother"), also called Cángū (蠶姑, "Silkworm Maiden"), who is identified as Leizu (嫘祖), the wife of the Yellow Emperor: the invention of sericulture is attributed...
midwifery. Gage also cited goddesses like Minerva, Isis, Mama Ocllo, and Leizu as example of female inventiveness. Relying on the ideas of Diodorus Siculus...
both Confucius and other Chinese traditions tell a story about Empress Leizu; one day, in about 3000 BC, a silk worm's cocoon fell into her teacup ....
art of sericulture, supposedly discovered by the Yellow Emperor's consort Leizu, who was also revered as the Goddess of sericulture. There is even a saying...
Qianlong period (1736-1796) of Qing Dynasty. The Xiancantan was built for Leizu, the wife of the Yellow Emperor, who is credited with the invention of sericulture...
empty, once contained more than 70 clay and wooden statues dedicated to Leizu, Taoism's God of Thunder. Holslag, Jonathan (2015). "Briefcase Revisionism"...
岐伯镇 Wentong Town 文通镇 Yongtai Town 永泰镇 Jiulong Town 九龙镇 Xiling Town 西陵镇 Leizu Town 嫘祖镇 township Lianhuahu Township 莲花湖乡 ethnic township Daxing Hui Ethnic...
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