Shennong Yandi

As the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation, Emperor Shennong Yan was an outstanding tribal leader in ancient China and was also revered as the "ancestor of farming civilization." He was born in the Jiangshui River Basin and was known as the "Emperor of Fire" because of his virtue of fire. He made outstanding achievements in his life: he pioneered farming, taught people to grow grains, and ended the ancient nomadic gathering life; he invented farm tools and made grass to facilitate farming, laying the foundation of Chinese agriculture; he pioneered medicine, tasted hundreds of herbs, and distinguished The medicinal properties were used to treat people's diseases, and the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" was handed down to the world under its name; it advocated trade, with Japan and China as the market, and barter, giving birth to the prototype of early commerce; it created harps and five-stringed harps to entertain the people and enrich human spiritual life. Emperor Yan was compassionate and poisoned his people many times by tasting the grass, and finally died from accidentally eating the grass. He formed an alliance with the Yellow Emperor tribe to form the Yanhuang tribe, and was jointly revered as the first humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation. This is where the name "descendants of Yan and Huang" came from. Its spirit of pioneering, dedication and sacrifice has become an important source and symbol of Chinese civilization...