The Ancestor Of Shu King

World famous Shu brocade Have a long history. Since the climate of the Sichuan basin is very suitable for mulberry and mulberry, Sichuan has been known as "Shu Kingdom" and "silkworm colony" since ancient times.

Yang Xiong, a writer of the Western Han Dynasty, wrote the book "Shu Wang Ji Ji". Sericulture "

Legend has it that the first ancestor of the Shu king was called silkworm, and lived hundreds of years to become a God. He was dressed in Tsing Yi and worked very hard to teach the race to mulberry and raise silkworms. Under his advocacy, the sericulture industry in Sichuan gradually grew and grew. In order to commemorate the merits of the silkworms, people regard it as "king of silkworms", and set up sacrifices everywhere, calling him "Tsing Yi Shen".