Leizu
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thumb|Illustration of Leizu teaching people to cultivate silkworms.
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- Royalty.name
- Leizu 嫘祖
- Royalty.spouse
- Yellow Emperor
- Royalty.issue
- Shaohao Changyi
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嫘祖（中国古代神话中的人物）_百度百科
嫘祖，也写作傫祖、雷祖或累祖，是中国史前社会传说中的人物之一，为西陵氏之女，轩辕黄帝的元妃。嫘祖在洛阳发明了养蚕，史称嫘祖始蚕，被尊奉为蚕神“先蚕”，亦称为道神、祖神、路神。最早出自《山海经·海内经》。嫘祖教民植桑养蚕、缫丝制衣，从南北朝时期的北周开始，嫘祖在作为黄帝之元妃的同时，也被尊奉为养蚕缫丝的先祖、创始者。嫘祖与黄帝通婚后，协和百族，弼辅黄帝实现了炎黄两大部族的联盟，统一中原。嫘祖率先倡导建立规范的嫁娶礼仪，还是旅游文化的先驱。
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thumb|Illustration of Leizu teaching people to cultivate silkworms.
Leizu (), also known as Xi Ling-shi (, 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.