Si Ling-Chi

16

Who is Si Ling-Chi?

Around 2700 B.C., the Empress of China, Si Ling-chi sat in her garden drinking tea under the mulberry tree. Upon hearing a slight rustle from above a cocoon fell from the tree into her cup. In the hot water, the cocoon began to unravel quickly filling the cup with shimmering strands. In amazement, she began to envision that she would have an exquisite gown woven for her husband, Hoang-ti, “the Yellow Emperor.” Over the years, she led the perfecting of how to create silk and cultivate the silkworm. A secret China treasured for thousands of years, and in so doing became the “Goddess of Silk” to which the word “silk” is how her name was phonetically pronounced in ancient Chinese.

We need you!

Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!

Nationality
  • China

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

Citation

Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Si Ling-Chi." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/biography/si-ling-chi/m/0k_076t>.

Discuss this Si Ling-Chi biography with the community:

0 Comments

    Browse Biographies.net