In poetry and literature, silkworm is used to describe teachers and other people who are willing to give. Li Shangyin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said, "Spring silkworms die, and night candles burn their wicks", which brought the persistence, loyalty and dedication of spring silkworms to the extreme and became a beautiful sentence sung through the ages.
Spring silkworm is a kind of creature, which is raised in spring. In poetry and literature, silkworm is used to describe teachers and other people who are willing to give. Because silkworms eat mulberry leaves and spin silk, they are used for spinning and become silk closely related to people's lives. Like cattle, they are hardworking. In other words, silkworm is a friend of human beings.
Influence of Spring Silkworm on China People
China is the first country in the world to raise silkworms and weave silk. On the outskirts of Xing Wu, Zhejiang Province, we found things left over by human beings for 5,000 years, including ancient silk fabrics, which proved that China would raise silkworms a long time ago. It is said that snail, the concubine of the Yellow Emperor, taught people to plant mulberry trees, raise silkworms, spin silk and weave cloth, so that everyone could have good clothes to wear.
More than 2000 years ago, silk made in China was introduced to Europe. At that time, Europeans could not raise silkworms or spin silk. I don't know how such a beautiful fabric is made. Because Europeans like to buy silk, businessmen have to transport a lot of silk to Europe, so they have opened up a road to transport silk to Europe, which is the so-called Silk Road.