[Enlightenment of Literature and History] Popular Romance of Chinese History 04: The God of the Chinese Agriculture Shennonghuang
Zeng Yiping
Huaxia Agriculture Shennonghuang
More than 6,000 years ago, in Suizhou City, Hubei Province, a magical figure who was later regarded as the Sun God of the Chinese Agriculture by later generations was born here. He is the third outstanding figure in " Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors ".
The third outstanding figure among the "Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors" Shennonghuang
According to historical legends, Shennonghuang's mother Youjiashi Andeng During a mountain climbing work, she saw a huge stone dragon. The stone dragon was more than 90 meters long and more than nine meters high. The dragon head was facing west, and the dragon tail was hidden in the mountain (this is the origin of "The dragon sees its head but not its tail" ). There are two horns on the top of the stone dragon's head, two huge wings on the dragon's back, and the dragon's claws extend forward from the stone dragon's chest. The dragon's claws hit the ground, and the whole body was continuous, with three or nine folds, like a cloud and a fog.
Youyoushi Anden was extremely excited and happy to see such a strange stone dragon. After returning home, he became pregnant. After a while, he gave birth to a son and named him " Shenlong ". This is the historical origin of the descendants of China that are known as the "successor of the dragon" .
Shenlong is smart in nature. I was very curious when I was young, and I was very interested in everything. I also liked to play around. At about three years old, he took a group of friends and often ran to the mountains and fields, collecting various flowers and plants, and making some sudden and whim games.
One day, they found some weeds with grass seeds in one place. They collected a lot of grass seeds and took them back to their residence, put them in a pot and added water to cook them, and found that these things not only could satisfy their hunger, but also tasted quite good.
From then on, they often went to many places to collect grass seeds, took them back to their residence and cooked them as meals. After the news spread, not only the children collected seeds, but even the adults started doing this. Not long after, all the grass seeds near their residence were collected, so they had to go to a very far place to collect them. They are often exhausted due to the long journey.
One morning, Shenlong discussed with his friends: "There are many open spaces around our residence. Why can't we uproot the weeds with grass seeds growing far away and take them back to plant them on a large open space near our residence?"
The friends said in unison: "Just do it!"
They did it as soon as they said. A group of friends went to a distant place to pull out a lot of grass seedlings and brought them back to plant them in the nearby open space. Although the survival rate is not very high, those who survive will bear seeds after a while - , a great initiative, is , the source of the farming civilization , .
Later, Shenlong accidentally discovered that the grass seeds sprinkled on the ground can also take root and sprout, and can also bear grass seeds.
After that, he often conducted sowing experiments. After long-term repeated experiments, he summarized the relevant key points of sowing, suitable seasons, and some methods of seedling cultivation and management, and taught them widely. His actions have gradually overeat people from eating natural foods to eating artificially grown food and vegetables. The Chinese agricultural civilization has thus further developed . People's living conditions have also been greatly improved.
The God of Agriculture Shennonghuang
Because Shenlong created the Chinese agricultural civilization of great historical significance , people recommended Shenlong to become the leader of the tribal alliance, and Shenlong also won the title of "Shennong" . And he was later revered as " God of Agriculture ".
The reason why our country has become a world-famous agricultural power and gradually developed into a huge country with a large population is closely related to the great achievements of Emperor Shennong.
