Chapter 0257: Shennong and Shennongjia

Originally, I wanted to find some opportunities like Laozi Mountain in the Tongbai Mountains, but I didn't know that the three of them hurriedly lived for twenty-three days, and they also found nothing, which made the three of them very disappointed.

After tossing and turning in the Tongbai Mountains for a long time without any gains, Zhilingqi analyzed and deduced that if this was really the first place of Pangu, it was normal to leave nothing behind, after all, Pangu was still in the growth period at that time.

For this reason, Zhi Lingqi turned around and went to the hometown of Emperor Yan in Suizhou, and also wanted to see if he could get some unexpected gains like in Laozi Mountain, because among the five elements source spirits he was now melting, there were still two kinds of five element source spirits, wood source spirit and earth source spirit.

In the hometown of Yandi Shennong, Lishan Town, Zengdu District, Suizhou City, Hubei Province, the various commemorative attractions set up here in later generations have no interest in Zhilingqi at all, he just wants to go to the place where Yandi Shennong was born and raised.

As always, Lingqi first consulted the information, and he found out from the Suizhou City and Zengdu District Libraries that there were twenty or thirty ruins and scenic spots related to Yandi Shennong in Suizhou and the surrounding areas.

However, through analysis, Zhi Lingqi deduced that in addition to the value of Shennong Cave, Shennong Well and the museum, the rest of the places are all commemorative sites set up by later generations in order to cherish the memory of Emperor Yan Shennong.

Of course, Zhi Lingqi will not ignore those scenic spots, but he has positioned his main goals in Shennong Cave, Shennongjing and the museum, and other places just haven't put more energy and effort into them.

According to legend, Shennong Cave is the birthplace of Yandi Shennong. Shennong Well is located in the southwest side of the Yandi Shennong Palace, it is a legend that when Yandi Shennong was born, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, and the nine wells wore themselves, and then with the passage of time, there is a well in the nine wells, that is, the current Shennong Well.

In the seventeen days in the hometown of Emperor Yan of Suizhou, Zhi Lingqi also did not gain anything, and without any other clues, Zhi Lingqi did not leave directly immediately, and went to the Kunlun Mountains, the starting place where Pangu began to open the world.

Zhi Lingqi considered that although the hometown of Emperor Yan in Suizhou was the birthplace of Shennong, it was not the place where Shennong succeeded.

Shennongjia is located in the west of Hubei Province, bordering Baokang County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province in the east, Wushan County of Chongqing City in the west, Xingshan Mountain and Badong in the south and the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in the south, Fang County and Zhushan County of Shiyan City in the north, and overlooking the Wudang Mountain Scenic Area.

Zhi Lingqi consulted the information and learned that Shennongjia in the Tertiary and Quaternary glacial periods, successfully served as a refuge in the biological world, and the rich and colorful biological resources provided superior conditions for human survival and development, and there are still more than 2,000 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials that still exist, and it is these superior conditions that give birth to the beautiful legend of "Shennongjia".

Shennongjia in western Hubei is not only famous for its ancient history, vast forests, rare species, desolate landscapes, quaint folk customs, and treacherous natural mysteries, but also known as "green treasure house", "animal and plant kingdom", "scientific labyrinth", and "Chinese national treasure". Moreover, it is also the ancestor of the Chinese nation, the Yandi Shennong's long-term activities and a holy place for the benefit of the people, and has become a "blessed land" that more than one billion descendants of Yan and Huang at home and abroad yearn for.

According to the data, Emperor Yan Shennong is the ancestor of China, according to legend, he is the god in the hearts of the descendants of Yan and Huang, he is an outstanding representative of Chinese agriculture and medicine, and a representative of the original civilization of the Chinese nation and made outstanding contributions.

According to legend, Emperor Yan Shennong was born in Lishan, Suizhou, grew up in Jiangshui, Shaanxi, and died in Chaling, Hunan. In ancient times, the best route for the Shennong clan to travel by land between the two places was Lishan - Shennongjia - Qinling, and Shennongjia was at the center point.

One of the most significant features of Shennongjia is that the mythological color is extremely strong, mysterious and colorful, and it is full of interest.

Shennongjia has been mysterious since ancient times! From a natural point of view, the Shennongjia primeval forest has always been surrounded by mountains, inaccessible, few people know, mystery is also a matter of course, the legend of the wild man, once made Shennongjia famous.

From the perspective of humanities: Emperor Yan Shennong, the ancestor of Chinese humanities, has lived in Shuimo Mountain and other places in Qingfeng Village, Muyu Town, Shennongjia for many years, and there is a saying that Shennong tastes a hundred herbs. Li Shizhen, the medicine saint, also often went to Shennongjia to observe and collect traditional Chinese medicine, making Shennongjia an important source of traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese diet, which can be described as the coexistence of barbarism and magic.

In the local folk, there is a saying that Shennongjia was once the secret base camp of the Mohist school, and the Mohists, especially its Chu branch, did not die out, but merged into the mountains and mountains of Shennongjia.

If this is the case, it is the blessing of the disciples of the Mo family, the blessing of my Chinese civilization, and the Mo family has finally stayed away from the sword and blood shadow of the Warring States and the bloody pursuit of Great Qin, and retained the fire of peace, great love and civilization.

The data also records that before the Spring and Autumn Period, the location of Shennongjia belonged to the marginal area between many countries, and was an isolated island in the "wild land".

The earliest name of Shennongjia was called "Bear Mountain".

"The Nine Classics of Mountains and Seas" clouds: "One hundred and fifty miles to the east, it is called Bear Mountain." There is a cave, a bear's cave, and there are people and gods who are constantly out of the world, and the summer starts and the winter closes...... Bear Mountain, Emperor also".

Shennongjia, as the territory of Shennong's entrepreneurship, its status is lofty, "Xiongshan, Emperor also", refers to this historical fact. At the same time, the name "Shennongjia" itself implies the arduous entrepreneurial process of Shennong's family in setting up a firewood car, wearing rags in Shennongjia, and in the mountains and thickets in northwest Hubei Province.

In the ancient times of Emperor Yan and Shennong, grains and weeds grew together, medicine and flowers bloomed together, which plants can be eaten, can be eaten fruits, branches and leaves or rhizomes? What are the medicines, and what diseases can be cured? I can't tell who it is.

In order to save Li Minduo from the plague, Emperor Yan Shennong trekked through mountains and rivers, came to Shennongjia to taste all kinds of herbs, collect medicinal materials for healing, treat the people, and finally ascended to the immortal as a god in Tianmenya, and Shennongjia was also named after it.

So far, the ancient place names of the place with the word "frame" are still Huanglianjia, shelf, Xuejiaguang, Longjiaya, etc.; The ancient place names named after the legend of Shennong tasting a hundred herbs include more than 20 places such as Baicaochong, Baicaoya, Baicaoyuan, and Baicaoping.

The legend of Shennong, which is spread in the mouths of the people, is rich in content, praising the great achievements of the ancestors of Shennong in creating human civilization, telling the story of Shennong's birth, the first taste of grass and valley, the treatment of people's diseases, and the education of people to carry out planting and breeding and early trade.

Shennong is an increasingly deified image by the descendants of Yan and Huang in the past dynasties, is he a human or a god? Ancient and modern inaccurate conclusions, all from the legend, including the origin of the name of Shennongjia, but also related to the legend of Shennong here to set up a frame to collect medicine, although the legend is not believable, but one thing is for sure, Shennong is the ancestor of Chinese agriculture, trade, medicine.

There is also such a legend among the local folk: in ancient times, the immortal Taishang Laojun once came to Shennongjia from the Heavenly Palace, collected medicine and opened a furnace to refine the elixir of immortality, and built a metallurgical furnace with Emperor Yan Shennong's clan to smelt steel and make agricultural tools for the benefit of the people.

Later, people built the Laojun Temple (Laojun Temple) here, dedicated to the statue of Taishang Laojun and the statue of Shennong, this mountain is called Laojun Mountain, and the mountain higher than Laojun Mountain is called Shennong Mountain. This incident is enough to show that in the minds of the people of all generations, Shennong's contribution is the greatest, and the prestige is also the highest, and it is far more than the heavenly immortals.

It can be seen that Shennong should be a historical figure with achievements and influence, and at the same time, in folklore stories, he is definitely a god-man image who is admired, praised and artistically created by the people.

As a legend, it is accompanied by the long river of history, through the vast space and the emotional world of people from generation to generation, oral way to this day, and will continue to be passed on, vividly and interestingly expressing the admiration and remembrance of Shennong for generations, and the resulting pride as the descendants of Yan and Huang.

In short, the name of Yandi Shennong's clan is like the sun, the moon and the sky, and the rivers travel through the earth, and they will last forever.

Shennongjia Mountain is high and long, the forest and sea are vast, the charm is endless, the tall image of Yandi Shennong's clan will be together with the towering peaks of Shennongjia, like a monument on the land of China, forever standing in the hearts of hundreds of millions of descendants of Yan and Huang.