Hua Xia's Ancestor (Yan Di and the Yan Di Mausoleum)

Author: Tang Qun (Compiler)
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Publish Date: November 1, 2003
Features: This book portrays the heroic and lamentable ancestor—Emperor Yan Shennong—from various perspectives, recording his great achievements and creations in his lifetime. People reverently call him the "God of Agriculture," "God of Medicine," and "God of the Sun." He taught the ancestors how to cultivate five grains and created agriculture. He tasted hundreds of herbs to heal the people; he first established trade markets with the principle of "the sun at noon as the market." Eventually, he sacrificed his life after mistakenly eating "huoyanzǐ" (catharanthus) on Mount Tiantai, causing his liver and intestines to rupture. This miraculous story and beautiful legend express the admiration for intelligence and wisdom, the longing for a better life, and the devout belief in the creator of human happiness among the laborers!