Legends about silk.

1.First secret of silk manufacture was discovered in China five thousand years ago .An ancient legend says that once the 14 -year-old Xi Ling Chi, the third wife of Emperor Huang Di , who was also called " Yellow Emperor " in the garden of the palace under the crown of the mulberry tree and drank tea in her cup of tea from the tree fell silkworm cocoon .Young Empress and her maids were very surprised to see how hot water cocoon began to unfold , releasing a thin silk thread . Intrigued , she began to observe the unfolding of a cocoon .Si Ling Chi was so impressed by the beauty and strength of silk thread that attracted thousands of them cocoons and woven clothes emperor .So tiny butterfly silkworm silk gave all mankind , and the Empress , in gratitude for such a valuable gift was elevated to the rank of a deity.

 

2. " According to one legend, the beautiful , the larvae of the silkworm came from China due to Bukhara ( here it is, feminine guile !) Chinese princess .Princess was probably much in love with her ​​fiance , the ruler of Bukhara, just decided to give him a gift .It is not enough that she risked their lives like any ordinary smuggler !
Unpleasant and quite moving larvae were hidden in a complex and sophisticated wedding hairstyle Chinese princess .Can you imagine getting married with maggots in their hair as a decoration ! Just a horror movie.Show me a woman who is without a shudder of disgust and will make the IS with his head! Oh, the great power of love! "

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Uzbeks have its own version of the origin of silk.  

In one version of the ancient legend , the origin of silk was associated with Joby prophet ( peace be upon him ) . An old legend says : Satan burned the house Jobe . Wife had nowhere to cook and nothing to feed her husband. To buy bread, she cut and sold her beautiful long hair . Shaitan went on to mock the righteous man , calling his wife ugly . Jobe patiently endured devilish mockery . Then Satan sent down worms, have covered the body Jobe and his wife , but again only Jobe thanked God for the fact that they are still alive . God created source Chashma Ayub ( holy place in Bukhara ) , commanded Jobe and his wife bathe in it and said that if the last throw worms into the water, their wishes come true . Jobe threw the first worm into the water with the words : "Be cotton ." Threw the second , saying : "Be the silk ." Threw the third and said, "Be holy water , heal others ."