Is the "date core" discovered during the excavation of the Shicun site in Xia County, Yuncheng, Shanxi Province related to the legend of Lei Zu's silkworm rearing?

As one of the most important tribes in ancient my country, Lei Zu is known as the "ancestor of silkworm rearing". Recently, "Journal of Shaanxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition)" published the research results of Liu Yunhua and others from the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology on the date cores unearthed from the Shicun site in Xia County. According to the "Chinese Historical Genealogy", the Yellow Emperor was born in Pingyang, married Leizu, and gave birth to four sons: Xuanxiao, Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku, Tang Yao, etc. He was the ancestor of the Chinese nation. The legendary Lei Zu is the founder of the silk country, Huang Di. A long time ago, people had not invented feeding tools. Later, humans rubbed mulberry leaves with their hands to nibble away at the leaves, so sericulture became the most basic food for human beings to survive. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" contains many relevant records about silkworm rearing. Let’s take a look today. In "The Book of Mountains and Seas", it is mentioned that the Yellow Emperor, Lei Zu and others were brothers and sisters who made a living by raising silkworms.

The legend of the Yellow Emperor and Leizu raising silkworms has a great influence on Chinese folk. It is said that Leizu was the founder of the country of silk and invented the method of raising silkworms, which provided the most basic guarantee for people's lives. ?Huangdi, the son of Xuanxiao, was named Qingdi, and was also called the concubine of Emperor Yao of Tang Dynasty. ?I was the emperor of the Yellow Emperor, and I gave birth to four sons: Xuanxiao, Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku, and Tang Yao. Therefore, there is another saying: ?Emperor Yao’s prince Boyi was named Xuanxiao; Emperor Shun’s Eight Masters were in Huangtaiji; < /p>

The reign of Yao in Tang Dynasty collapsed; Yao came to rule the world. Both of his sons died after reigning for twenty years. My son is called Xuan Xiao? (Volume 1 of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas") means that Huangdi started raising silkworms since he was born. Later, due to the lack of raw materials for silk processing and other reasons, the development was slow, so this aspect has been recorded in ancient Chinese literature. In addition to these two legendary figures, there are many historical records about silkworm rearing that mention the Yellow Emperor and Leizu raising silkworms. What are these relevant information?

In the Book of Songs, there is a legend about Nuwa patching up the sky and grinding stones into ropes. Before 3000 BC, our ancestors had already begun to use ground pottery. So let’s take a look at this pottery piece about 1.9 centimeters long and 1 centimeter thick that was unearthed at the Shicun site in Xia County? ?Jujube stone? (Figure 3) looks related to mulberry leaves on the surface, but upon closer inspection you will find that it is a round pottery, which may be used to make ropes. This kind of stone tool is also used like the common walnut in our life.