Long ago, silk farmers paid homage to the goddess of silkworms before they started their annual feast.
養蠶旺月折桑條，拿起斧頭工作忙，長枝高枝砍無妨，主枝留著葉採光。七月伯勞鳥歌唱，八月應該織又紡，把絲染成黑與黃，我的朱紅最鮮豔，送給公子做衣裳。」古代農民為求蠶絲豐收，每年養蠶之前，都要祭祀蠶神。