Since Xuanyuan became the Yellow Emperor, his imperial concubine Jade Concubine has been revered as "Ancestor". She is a person who loves to dress up and clean, and she is also a very respected person.

No matter when and where, the ancestor is very particular, and she always likes to tidy up her neatness. Before going out, she always dressed up in simple clothes neatly, and dressed herself with a clean head and face, and was radiant.

The ancestor is very beautiful, and her temperament is extraordinary, beautiful and moving. Therefore, when everyone sees her ancestor, she will always be a beautiful scenery and often attract everyone's attention.

At that time, whenever the ancestor went out, there would always be someone waiting at the place where the ancestor appeared. Everyone just wants to see the beautiful face of the ancestor, so as to satisfy their yearning for a better life.

She was also an approachable person, and she often brought food with her to the children who were waiting on the side of the road. And the old and thin old people are often taken care of by her. When people receive her favors, they are always grateful for their kindness.

Winter is coming, and many people have no clothes to wear. When they have something to go out, they can only hurry through the cold wind naked wrapped in some thin leaves.

Sometimes, when it is very cold, most people do not have warm clothing, so they have to let the snow and ice lap on their bodies. The wind and snow froze their curled bodies to the point of pain, and their bare skin turned red.

Whenever the door was closed by heavy snow, the ancestor would take the initiative to ask for help, accompany the Yellow Emperor to visit the nearby people, and send them the earliest care. When she saw people suffering from the cold wind in the snowy and icy sky, her ancestor's heart was particularly uncomfortable.

Sometimes, the ancestors often found that many elderly people and children did not have enough food and warm clothes in the winter, and they would die of hunger, cold, and starvation. The ancestors felt deep remorse for not being able to help them, and felt sad for their deaths.

Because he felt sorry for the Yellow Emperor, he didn't want to tell him too many troublesome things. Because she saw that the Yellow Emperor was also working day and night for the people. In order not to disturb the busy Yellow Emperor, the ancestor thought of his own way to help everyone solve the difficulties encountered.

finally survived a cold winter, and the long-lost warm sun finally returned to the earth. After the ice and snow melted, the Yellow Emperor and the others found some beasts that had frozen to death in the snow in winter.

The concubines sorted out the furs of these beasts and sewed them into excellent warm clothing. However, animal fur was far from sufficient to meet the needs of the people, and it could only be worn by the noble tribal chiefs.

Finally, when the spring grass germinated, the ancestor hurriedly led the people out to collect dead grass and leaves. She then taught people to roll dead grass into ropes, and to weave simple straw sandals and clothing from rope and leaves.

Later, the ancestor heard that many people in the Yandi tribe wore a kind of coarse linen fabric, which was the best warm clothing at present. However, after all, there are not many sources of wild plant hemp, and the quantity is limited, so it is difficult to meet the needs of the people.

So, so many people need to be dressed, what do you want to make clothes from? Where does the clothes come from? How can we share the worries of the Yellow Emperor, and how can we make everyone in the tribe clothed? This has become a piece of heart disease that the ancestor can't get rid of.

The ancestor thought about it day and night, and worried every day, but she never came up with any good way. In the end, the ancestor became ill due to overwork and worry, and finally became bedridden.

Several maids around her were very worried when they saw her lying on the sickbed for a long time and didn't think about eating. In order to regulate the appetite of the ancestors, the maids went to the mountains everywhere to pick some rare and exotic fruits to persuade them to satisfy their hunger.

I didn't realize that the ancestor had been sick for many days, and although the maids were very attentive, the ancestor was so lazy that she couldn't eat anything.

On this day, the ancestor saw that the close maid "Fei'er" brought some mountain fruits into the palace, and she saw that it was delicious, so she reluctantly ate some. Later, after a few days of recuperation, the ancestor had some strength.

After a few more days, the ancestor finally had some spirits, and she went down to the ground and came to the warm courtyard. When she reached the stone table, she found some fluffy white fruit in one pottery vessel, and some bright black and bright purple fruit in the other.

The ancestor picked up a purple fruit, lowered his head and smelled it, and a fragrance came to his nose. The ancestor felt that his eyes lit up, and he suddenly had an appetite.

The ancestor took the fruit and looked at it for a long time, then asked the two maids beside him: "Child, this is the first time I have seen such a beautiful fruit, what kind of fruit is this crystal clear?" ”

However, neither maid could answer.

The ancestor put the purple fruit in her mouth, and she took a bite of it, "Poof! "All of a sudden, the mouth is full of juice in the heart, not to mention how beautiful the sour and refreshing taste is.

After swallowing a mouthful of juice, the ancestor was shocked, she smacked her tongue unconsciously, closed her eyes, and savored the beautiful feeling.

The ancestor exclaimed, "Children, come and taste it, this sweet and sour is too delicious." ”

The two maids came over, and each of them took one and put it in his mouth. The two of them ate it, and they also enjoyed it very much.

Concubine said: "Thank you for your grandmother's reward for us to eat the fruit." ”

"Look at this child, you picked it yourself, what are you thanking me for?"

She ate several purple fruits one after another, and she wanted to change the taste, so she picked up a small white fruit and put it in her mouth. However, she chewed for a long time, but she couldn't chew anything.

The ancestor was really puzzled, so he asked, "Concubine, what do you see here?" What's going on? How can it not chew it? ”

When she saw her ancestor asking her, she didn't know what was going on, so she hurriedly picked up one and chewed it, but it was the same after chewing for a long time.

Yu'er was also puzzled, so she proposed: "Ancestor Niangniang, why don't we boil these little ginkgo seeds in Ding and see if they can be eaten when they are boiled?" ”

So, the two maids found a tripod and poured all these ginkgo nuts into the tripod, and they added some water to the potter. Then they began to burn a fire under the roof.

After a short time, the water in the ding boiled. And those little ginkgo fruits floating on the water also rolled on the water one by one. At this time, those white flowers and small ginkgo are still crystal clear, white as jade, and very good-looking.

Seeing that the little ginkgo was also cooked at this time, she first scooped one up, blew on the cold air, and then filled it into her mouth. But the ancestor chewed the ginkgo for a long time, only to feel that there was a smell of meat and some juice left between his lips and teeth, but the little ginkgo still couldn't chew it.

The ancestor felt more and more strange, and she spit out the chewed unformed little white fruit from her mouth, but the white fruit was only a silky white flocculent.

The ancestor took one out of the tripod and put it in his hand, only to see that the little ginkgo was wrapped in some unusually soft filaments. When the ancestor looked closely, these filaments were neatly arranged and very strong.

The ancestor wanted to break the little white fruit, but he couldn't break it. Inadvertently, the ancestor actually twitched a silk thread thinner than a hair. The ancestor continued to twitch the silk thread, layer by layer, until the end, and a small brown insect appeared in the middle.

At this time, the ancestor's eyes lit up again, she seemed to have discovered something, and she laughed to herself in her heart. She whispered: God help me.

Thinking of this, the ancestor suddenly became anxious again, and she urged everyone: "Children, this fruit is really magical. I want to see where you pick your fruit, so take me there. ”

A few maids didn't dare to slack off, they hurriedly took their ancestors out of Zhuolu City, and everyone then ran eastward. They crossed a small river and before they knew it, they came to a mountain. In the distance, I saw a large green forest on the hillside.

When they came to the edge of the forest, the birds in the forest were also frightened when they saw someone coming, and they all chirped and scattered. The ancestor asked everyone if they knew what kind of tree the tree in this forest was. No one knows.

They walked into the forest through the gaps in the trees, and saw that the birds were also bold. They circled over everyone's heads a few times, then flew back and landed on the trees.

He watched the birds fly overhead, and listened to their crisp and loud calls, and he was also intoxicated. Just listen to the birds crying "Mulberry!" Mulberry! ”。

When she heard this, she became happy, and she said, "Children, these birds have already given this tree a good name, and the birds call it 'Mulberry Tree'. ”

Yu'er also said happily: "Ancestor Niangniang, this is it, and the little fruits you saw were picked from these mulberry trees." ”

At this time, the scorching sun was in the sky, the weather was very hot, and there was not a trace of wind blowing in the whole forest. She wiped her sweat, and she held on to a mulberry tree and looked up at it. I saw that there were many small purple, red, or even green fruits between the branches and leaves of the mulberry tree.

Based on everyone's experience, it seems that the purple fruit is ripe. The maids picked some purple fruits and handed them to the ancestors. Sure enough, it was sweet and sour, just like tasting it at home.

The ancestor let everyone go to the woods to pick and taste, and after everyone tasted it, it was indeed both satisfying and delicious. The maids picked up another handful and handed it to the ancestor.

The ancestor ate and praised repeatedly: "The fruits on these mulberry trees are really delicious, very delicious, very delicious." Alas! I think we'll call these mulberry fruits 'mulberry seeds.'" ”

The ancestors walked forward while picking mulberries. As she walked, she saw a mulberry tree with many baby insects crawling on it, and her ancestor beckoned everyone to stop and observe them first.

I saw that these baby worms were as big as a small thumb, and the small ones were only as small as small ants. At this time, the baby insects are eating the big green and fat leaves of the mulberry tree with relish.

She plucked a mulberry leaf, and she found several small green insects crawling on the leaf, all wriggling with their heads and tails. Before long, they jagged the wolf's fangs that were not small in the leaves.

At this time, a small insect fell from the tree and happened to fall on the neck of the concubine, which frightened the concubine and cried for a long time. The ancestor laughed out loud and quickly helped the concubine take down the insects.

The ancestor laughed and said, "Concubine, what's the fuss about? These insects can't eat people. I love these little bugs, they are treasures that fall from the sky. What do you think we should call it? I think let's call it 'Mulberry Silkworm'. ”

Everyone was talking and laughing, and the ancestor led the maids to pick some mulberry leaves from the mulberry tree and put the silkworms in a basket, and soon the basket was full.

Everyone was about to move forward, when they heard Yu'er say "Wow!" again! As soon as he spoke, everyone gathered around. Yu'er said: "Look! ”

Everyone followed her fingers, and it turned out that Yu'er was about to get the leaf, when she saw a big insect on it motionless. When she went to get it again, the worm spat out a filament from its mouth, and the filament slowly wrapped around the worm's body, and eventually, it became a small ginkgo fruit.

Everyone held their breath and watched for a long time, and finally knew how this little ginkgo fruit that could not be boiled or bitten came about.

"Oh, I see." Everyone said in unison.

"Let's go, let's look for it again, and see if there are any such white fruits in this forest?"

However, everyone wandered around for a long time, but they didn't see that kind of little white fruit. So they searched back and forth among the mulberry forests, and finally, they finally found the little ginkgo that was turned into a mulberry silkworm.

At that time, they found that the leaves of several trees were white, and many small white fruits were motionless on the leaves. And almost every leaf has such a small white fruit on it, which looks like a white flower.

This can make the ancestors happy. She hurriedly asked people to pick up these little ginkgo nuts and put them in the prepared animal skin bag.

Yu'er said: "Ancestor, you haven't named this little white fruit yet?" ”

The ancestor thought about it and somewhat understood. These little insects grew up eating mulberry leaves, and when they grew up, they wrapped themselves around with fine silk threads, and later, they became white and chubby.

So, the ancestor said: "Children, I have thought about it, let's call these little white fruits wrapped in filaments 'silkworm cocoons'." As for the little insects wrapped in silkworm cocoons, let's call them 'silkworm chrysalis'. ”

"Wait, look again!" Just when everyone was about to leave, Yu'er was startled again.

"Concubine, why are you yelling again?"

"Look at it again!"

So, under the guidance of Yu'er, everyone looked at a silkworm cocoon at the same time. I saw that on one of the leaves, one end of a silkworm cocoon was cracked with a large opening. Suddenly, the head of a bug struggled out of it.

She poked it with a branch, but it ignored it, as it struggled to break free from the cocoon. After a long wait, a section of the insect's upper body was exposed.

Then, it continues to struggle outward from its cocoon. Finally the insect slammed into it again, and a butterfly-like flying insect arched out, and after a while, it fluttered and flew up, and soon flew out of sight.

At this time, the ancestor straightened out his thoughts and said in shock: "Oh, I think we will call this flying insect 'mulberry moth' in the end, because it really shocks me a lot." Children, through this observation in the mulberry forest, we finally understand this. Originally, I thought that since these cocoons can be extracted, let's find some cocoons to extract silk. Then, the cloth is spun and then made into clothes for everyone, which are absolutely easy to wear.

But in this way, we realized that things are not as easy as we imagined. It turns out that there is so much relationship between this mulberry tree and the mulberry silkworm. In my opinion, although silkworm cocoons are the most useful for us, if we want to get silkworm cocoons, we must first develop mulberry gardens and plant mulberry trees. Then, we use mulberry leaves to raise silkworms, and finally, we can get the cocoons and silk we want. ”

When the ancestor said this, she was a little excited, and she immediately made a big decision. So, the ancestor ordered some purple mulberry fruits to be picked, and she was going to use them as seeds and sow them in other places.

Later, the grandmother saw that the soil on the hillside was barren and not fertile enough. She took a good look at the wetland near the river and planned to transplant some mulberry trees to more open land to expand the planting area and scale.

The call of the ancestors naturally responded, and everyone quickly took action. They planted mulberry trees and raised silkworms in various places. Mulberry trees grow very quickly and can pick their leaves in a few years. Mulberry silkworms also grow very quickly and can harvest a lot every year.

However, the silkworms have had a bumper harvest, but they are still unusable. Because, in order to obtain the filaments of the cocoon, the ancestor couldn't think of a way to pull the filaments even if she wanted to break her head, which made her anxious and distressed every day.

In fact, the ancestor planted mulberry and silkworms on the ground, and Nuwa Niangniang saw it clearly in the sky, and she had long been moved by the spirit of the ancestor who was dedicated to the people, and she decided to personally go down to the realm to guide the method of reeling silk.

On that day, Nuwa Niangniang hurriedly fell into the world on the colorful auspicious clouds, but the ancestor never expected that Nuwa Niangniang would come suddenly. The ancestor was so excited with tears in her eyes that she hurriedly called the Yellow Emperor to meet Nuwa Niangniang together.

Everyone greeted each other affectionately, talked to each other about the pain of lovesickness for many years, and said some heartfelt words. Then Nuwa Niangniang did not hesitate to teach her ancestor the technique of reeling silk and the method of weaving silk.

She was a very clever person, and she quickly mastered the essentials of her mother's teachings. As her ancestors became more and more proficient in silk reeling, she unreservedly taught the techniques she had learned to more people in the tribe.

After the efforts of the ancestors and sisters, in just a few years, many places on the land of Shenzhou have planted mulberry gardens. Every day, the ancestor personally led everyone to pick mulberry and raise silkworms, draw cocoons and reel silk, and spin fine weaving.

After many experiments by the ancestors, they finally weaved a fabric called "silk". The ancestors used these silk fabrics to make all kinds of clothes, shoes and hats. Ever since they put on the silk clothes made of their ancestors, they are grateful to them with great excitement.

Because of these contributions of the ancestors, people affectionately called her "Silk Niangniang" or "the first person to raise silkworms". Everyone regarded "ancestor" as the most affectionate title.

However, after all, the cost of silk is still high, and it is far from meeting the needs of most people, and can only be worn by some nobles. She couldn't bear to keep everyone freezing in the winter, so she continued to dig for new materials everywhere.

Later, the ancestor discovered an affordable kudzu vine plant, which was initially processed and then woollen to become a strong and durable kudzu cloth.

With kudzu cloth, it can be made into cheap clothes, which directly solves the urgent needs of ordinary people who have no clothes to wear. Therefore, Gebu, which was loved by the common people, was instantly popularized.

Later, the ancestors asked people to continue to look for materials that could be used to make clothes, and people found the hemp plant again. This hemp plant was originally only available in the wild, but after being widely cultivated and processed by woollen spinning, a relatively cheaper linen cloth was obtained.

In this way, through the joint efforts of the ancestors and everyone, people have invented a variety of fabrics. Since the advent of linen, arrowroot, and silk, people's clothing problems have been basically solved.

Since then, no matter who they are, no matter how high or low they are, people have gradually begun to pay attention to appearance. Everyone no longer easily exposes their bodies, and everyone takes dressing neatly as a sign of civilization.

The clothing revolution of the ancestors made mankind transition from a backward era of ignorance to an era of progressive civilization at once.

As the pioneer of the first generation of clothing civilization, the people will never forget the contribution made by the ancestor to mankind, and the greatest achievement of the ancestor is to open the clothing civilization of the Chinese nation.