Gunnison Valley News | 1919-10-31 | Page 3 | Silk Reeling Discovered in China Year 1700 B. C.

Silk Reeling Discovered in China Year 1700 8. C. In the garden of Hoang-Ti, mperor of China in 1700 B. C, Si-Ling-Chi, the empress, gathered the cocoon? of the silkworm and discovered a way to reel the silk. From this she learned to weave marvelous, shimmering fabrics of silk. For many years the 'tecret of the source of silk was guaiMed with the death penalty by the emperors of China. However, this mysterious cloth was exported to many count -ies. And even to this day Si-Ling-Chl Is worshiped wor-shiped in China as the "Goddess of th Silkworms."