Who is Shennong?

The legendary ancient emperor Shennong. Because fire is king, it is called Emperor Yan. After Nu Wa, she was the co-owner of the world. Legend has it that he is the inventor of farming and medicine. He also created a five-stringed harp, and began to sacrifice wax figures and markets. Since then, China has entered the farming society. Shennong altar, according to legend, is the sacred place where Emperor Yan Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs and went to the altar to worship heaven. Let's take a look at the story of him tasting a hundred herbs.

In ancient times, people had nothing to eat. They make a living by stroking grass seeds, picking wild fruits and hunting birds and animals. Sometimes you shouldn't be poisoned if you eat it, but you will be poisoned if you are heavy. I don't know the right medicine when I am sick. It's all stiff, just get through it, but if you don't get through it, you'll die. Emperor Shennong was very worried about this matter, and he was determined to taste all kinds of herbs, determine the medicinal properties, and eliminate disasters and diseases for everyone.

Once, the daughter of Shennong, Princess Huarui, fell ill. I don't think about tea, I don't want to eat rice, I feel uncomfortable all over, and my abdominal distension is like a drum. Shennong is difficult. Think about it, grab some grass roots, bark, wild fruits and stone noodles, count them and greet Princess Huarui to eat. She was busy with her work and left.

Princess Huarui took the medicine and her stomach ached like a knife. It's scary to give birth to a bird soon. They said it was a monster. Pull it out. Who knows this bird knows human nature, and when his family bothers him, he flies to the ground to find Shennong.

Shennong was dozing off under the tree when he suddenly heard, "Ji Ji, Grandpa! Hey, grandpa! " Looking up, it was a bird. I felt bored, so I waved my hand and threw it away. Before long, the bird flew back to the tree and cried, "Ji Ji, Grandpa! Hey, grandpa! " Shennong felt strange and picked up a piece of soil and threw it at the tree, scaring it away. Before long, the bird returned to the tree and cried, "Grandpa, Ji Ji! Grandpa, hey! " As soon as Shennong heard that he was wrong and understood, he raised his left arm and said, "If you are my nephew, you will fall on my neck!" " "The bird really flew down and landed on Shennong's left hand neck. Shennong carefully looked at the bird, which was green and transparent, and even the intestines in its stomach could be seen clearly. As soon as Shennong opened his mouth, the bird swallowed the spit. Hey, I can clearly see how this spit was swallowed. Shennong was overjoyed.

Shennong went home with this exquisite bird. When the family saw it, they retreated again and again in fear and said, "Pull, monster, pull ..." Shennong said happily, "This is not a monster, but a baby! Just call it a flower and bird! "

Shennong put the twelve herbs that Princess Hua Rui had eaten in a pot and cooked them separately. Boil blindly, feed the bird blindly, while feeding, while watching, to see where the medicine went in the bird's stomach and what happened. Taste it again and feel what this medicine tastes like in the stomach. Twelve kinds of medicines have been fed and tasted, and we left the twelve meridians for Yang.

Shennong carried birds up the mountain, got into the old forest and picked all kinds of grass roots, bark, seeds and fruits; Catch all kinds of birds and animals, fish, turtles, shrimps and insects; Dig out all kinds of stones and minerals, feed them to the birds and taste them with your own eyes. Observe and experience which way they go in the body, what nature they are and what diseases they treat. But they all just circled in the the twelve meridians, and they couldn't surpass it. Over time, Shennong formulated the twelve meridians of Human Body and Classic of Materia Medica.

Shennong thought about it, but he was not at ease, so he took the bird in his hand and continued to verify it. He came to Taihang Mountain, swam for 998 1 day, and came to Xiaobeiding (Shennongtan) to catch the whole crown worm and feed it to birds. Unexpectedly, the poison gas of the insect was too strong, and the bird's intestines were interrupted and died. Shennong really regretted it and was very sad. He burst into tears. After crying, I chose good wood, carved a bird and took it with me everywhere. Later, Shennong accidentally tasted money grass and died in Baicaowa on both sides of Xiaobeiding. Up to now, on the top of the mountain in the northwest of Baicaowa, there is still a stone that looks like a person bending over and holding his stomach. It is said that Shennong changed it.

In order to commemorate Shennong's creation of traditional Chinese medicine and herbs, people renamed Xiaobeiding Shennong altar and built Shennong Temple on it. A statue of Shennong was made in the temple, with a stamen bird in the left hand and medicine in the right hand.

Nowadays, many people look at the scenery of Shennong altar and admire the statue of Shennong every day.