Volume 2 Chapter 20

Yandi Shennong was a powerful and advanced tribal leader in ancient China, and he and the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan jointly created the ancient civilization of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. As early as more than 5,000 years ago, Emperor Yan Shennong created cultivation, planted grains, tamed birds and beasts, tasted herbs, and cured people's diseases. In accordance with the way of heaven and the system of time, it has opened up a precedent for human understanding of the laws and the use of scientific knowledge to serve production and life, and created a splendid Chinese civilization. Yandi Shennong is therefore known as the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation together with the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, and all Chinese people also proudly call themselves the descendants of Yan and Huang.

The history of Chinese civilization is long, and the foot of Lieshan Mountain is the source! Lieshan is Lishan, which is a fake word. Numerous historical classics, site inscriptions, folk customs and expert research confirm the untouchable status of Suizhou Lishan as the hometown of Emperor Yan Shennong. The Yandi Shennong's hometown scenic spot we visited today is located in Suizhou in the north of Hubei Province, Suizhou is located in the junction zone of the Huai River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin, the east of the Hanshui, the largest tributary of the Yangtze River, and the ancient "country of the Han East". Yandi Shennong's Hometown Scenic Area is a national 4A-level tourist attraction, mainly including major attractions such as "Root-seeking Ancestral Pilgrimage Area" and "Holy Relics Sightseeing Experience Area". Tourists and friends Yandi Shennong Scenic Area has arrived, please take your belongings and get off the bus.

Dear tourists and friends, now we are located in the scenic spot population. The cultural sculpture wall in front of us is a relief carving of geometric abstract patterns on stone slabs to show the chaos of human beings in the era of ignorance. Everyone looks at the front of the wall, "Emperor Yan's Hometown of Shennong" is inscribed by Mr. Shen Peng, the former chairman of the Chinese Calligraphy Association.

In front is the nine-arch bridge, with a total length of 117 meters, across the Lieshan Lake, connecting the entrance of the scenic spot with the Shennong Palace. The design is based on the modulus of nine, and the bridge body is composed of nine coupon holes, and the span between the railings on the bridge and the length of the approach bridge are also multiples of nine. Cross-border nine-arch bridge, through the Chinese Ancestor Gate, past the Holy Flame Terrace, we came to the Ancestral Square. The square is 117 meters long and 117 meters wide. The area is 13,689 square meters, a multiple of 9. It is paved with high-quality granite produced in Fujian, which can accommodate 20,000 people to participate in ancestor worship activities at the same time. The Rising Sun Garden and the Crescent Moon Lake are located on the east and west sides of the Ancestral Square respectively, jointly constructing a landscape of "the sky is round and the sun and the moon shine together".

Everyone, please see, this is the eight meritorious columns, carved from high-quality granite, 9.9 meters high, 1.27 meters in diameter, ninety-nine numbers, indicating the supreme position of Emperor Yan in the history of the development of Chinese national civilization. The eight pillars of merit are distributed in the form of totem poles to form a group of sculptures, with realistic techniques, vivid pictures, and meticulous carvings by skilled craftsmen, fully embodying the great achievements of Emperor Yan in the history of the development of Chinese national civilization. (Cutting tung for the piano, practicing silk for the strings; erecting wood for erection and building houses; The eight meritorious pillar sculptures are set up here, which is intended to carry forward the splendid history and culture of the Chinese nation, and has far-reaching practical significance for regaining national pride and cohesion, and will surely inspire us to inherit the past and unite and strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Dear friends, now we have come to the Yandi Shennong Palace, sitting in the north and facing south, covering an area of 6,600 square meters, with columns and straight eaves, Qin and Han styles, simple and solemn. It is located in the hinterland of the Lie Shan and extends forward to the Kowloon Mountain opposite, forming a central axis. The main hall adopts the architectural form of the roof of the palace, the triple eaves and the high platform base, which is the application and refinement of the large-scale space technology method of the early Chu and Han high-rise platform buildings and the architectural space combination of the early large space. The plane column network of the Shennong Hall is nine rooms wide, reflecting the local cultural connotation of Jingchu respecting nine in history, and also metaphorizing the meaning of Jiulong Mountain in the hometown of Emperor Yan Shennong. In the plane layout, it is enclosed by two circles of stone pillars inside and outside, 36 pillars in the outer circle, symbolizing 36 Tiangang, and the portrait and totem of Emperor Yan Shennong are carved on the four square stone pier pillars at the population place, on the one hand, it is a metaphor for the four seasons and the land of Emperor Yan in China, and on the other hand, it is an abstract reproduction of the unique architectural form of Chu and Han architecture. The inner wall skirt of the main hall will be arranged with stone reliefs showing the merits of Shennong, and the top of the main hall is rectangular and engraved with auspicious cloud reliefs. In the middle of the hall is enshrined a bronze statue of Emperor Yan Shennong, 4.26m high, which means the birthday of Emperor Yan on the 26th day of April in the lunar calendar. Emperor Yan holds rice in one hand and Ganoderma lucidum in the other, symbolizing Emperor Yan's great achievements in pioneering agriculture and medicine.

This is Wanfa Temple is located in the top of the cultivated mountain of Lieshan, was built in the 22nd year of Tang Zhenguan (648 AD), is one of the ancient famous temples and Buddhist holy places in Suizhou, has the reputation of "a hundred rivers meet the sea, ten thousand laws of the dynasty".

Everyone, please see, this is the ancient building complex of the Hall of Merit, which is a group of Qin and Han style buildings designed by the expert group presided over by Professor Xu Boan of Tsinghua University, which is tall and majestic, and the appearance is majestic and solemn. The whole covers an area of 10,320 square meters, with a construction area of 2,466 square meters, which is composed of the Sun Moon Gate, the Heavenly Gate, the Tablet Garden and the Hall of Merit, which is one of the important scenic spots in the scenic spot. Used to display the outstanding contribution of Yandi Shennong to the development of human society, Shennongjing is located in the central square of the Hall of Merit, which is one of the nine wells of Lieshan.

Everyone, please see, this is the Shennong stele, it is the Ming Dynasty in the 10,000 years of Suizhou Zhizhou Yang Cun Yu erected, 2 meters high, 1 meter wide, weighing several tons, has a history of 430 years from now. Shennong Cave is said to be the birthplace of Emperor Yan Shennong. The three stone slabs and stone piers in front of the cave are sacrificial vessels placed by the ancients in order to worship Emperor Yan Shennong.

Everyone, please see, this is Shennong Spring, located on the southwest side of the Yandi Shennong Palace. Legend has it that when Emperor Yan Shennong was born, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, the nine wells pierced themselves, and the nine mountains were connected, and the descendants of the Chinese national dragon came from this. With the passage of time, there is one of the nine wells, which is where Shennong Spring is located.

Dear tourists and friends, now we come to the Shennong Memorial Hall. The Shennong Memorial Hall is composed of the entrance hall, the exhibition hall of Shennong's life, the exhibition hall of sacrificial activities, the hall of the five surnames, the calligraphy exhibition hall, and the sitting statue of Shennong. Please feel free to visit the following.

Well, dear tourists and friends, the tour of Yandi Shennong's hometown scenic spot is coming to an end here, thank you for your support to my work along the way. In the process of explaining just now, if there are any deficiencies, please put forward valuable comments and suggestions. "China is the same ancestor, the world is the same martyr mountain", we believe that every descendant of Yan and Huang, no matter where they are, is heart-to-heart and flesh and blood. At the same time, we also believe that through this close contact with the ancestors, everyone must have been touched by the aura of the ancestors, and everything will be smooth sailing and good luck in their future work and life. Thank you! Red and fiery trance, hahahahahaha