Emperor Yan (阎帝) is the honorific title of the leader of the Tribe of Jiang in ancient China, also known as the Shennong clan, also known as the Kui Kui clan, the Lianshan clan, the Lieshan clan, and the nickname Zhu Xiang (still controversial, it is also said that the Zhu Xiang clan had three generations of chiefs honored as YanDi).
Legend has it that the leader of the tribe surnamed Jiang was called Emperor Yan because he knew how to use fire to get the throne. From Shennong onwards, the Tribe surnamed Jiang had nine generations of Yan Emperor, Shennongsheng Emperor Kui, Kuisheng Emperor Cheng, Chengsheng Emperor Ming, Mingsheng Emperor Zhi, Zhisheng Emperor, Yisheng Emperor Mourning, Laisheng Dike, Kesheng Emperor YuYi, and passed on the throne for 530 years.
Emperor Yan's era was the Neolithic Age, and there were currently six disputes in emperor Yan's hometown, namely: Baoji in Shaanxi, Lianshan in Huitong County, Hunan, Yanling County in Zhuzhou, Hunan, Suizhou in Hubei, Gaoping in Shanxi, and Zhecheng in Henan. The yandi tribe's range of activity was in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, in Jiangshui (one said to be the Qingjiang River in the Weibin District of present-day Baoji City, and the other said to be Qishui in Qishan County, Baoji City. During the period, the tribes began to flourish, initially in Chendi, and later moved the capital to Qufu.
According to legend, Emperor Yan was the head of the cattle, he personally tasted hundreds of herbs and developed the use of herbs to cure diseases; he invented slash-and-burn cultivation to create two kinds of ploughing tools, taught the people to reclaim the land to grow food crops; he also led the tribal people to create pottery and cooking utensils for eating.
Emperor Yan was revered by Taoism as Shennong The Great, also known as the Five-Fold Shennong Emperor.
Shennong clan
Major achievements: inventing medicine, making grains, making pottery, opening up bazaars, and uniting with the Yellow Emperor to defeat Xuan you
Significant contributions
Emperor Yan made important contributions to the survival, reproduction and development of the Chinese nation:
The production of grains and the cultivation of grains laid the foundation for agriculture and labor. The use and cultivation of grains has solved the major problem of people's food for heaven, promoted the development of agricultural production, and created conditions for the transformation of human beings from primitive nomadic life to agricultural civilization.
Establish a city, the first market. According to the "Zhou Yi ZhiXia", Shennong "serves the city in Japan, to the people of the world, to gather the goods of the world, to trade and retreat, and each gets what he wants." Shennong invented the market of Japan and China, and the barter market is the origin and cornerstone of China's currency and commercial development.
Hemp is made of cloth, and the people are clothed. Primitive people had no clothes, only covered themselves with leaves and animal skins, and after the Shennong Sect people used Ma Sang as cloth, people had clothes, which was a major step taken by mankind from a hazy society to a civilized society.
Make a five-stringed violin to enjoy the people. According to the "Shiben II", Shennong invented the musical instrument, he cut the tong into a piano, and the knot was used as a string, which was later called the Shennongqin. Shennongqin is "three feet six inches and six minutes long, with five strings on it: Yue, Gong, Shang, Horn, Zheng, and Feather". The sound emitted by this kind of piano can express the virtues of heaven and earth, express the sum of gods and farmers, and entertain people.
Cut wood into a bow to power the world. Shennong created the bow and arrow, which effectively prevented the attack of wild beasts, effectively struck at the invasion of foreign tribes, and protected people's life safety and the fruits of labor.
Make pottery and improve your life. Before the invention of pottery, people processed and processed food, only grilled with fire, with pottery, people can cook food processing, but also store items, brew wine, disinfection. The use of pottery, which improved the living conditions of human beings, had a profound impact on human dietary hygiene and the development of medicine.
In order to promote people to live regularly and cultivate crops according to the seasons, Yandi Shennong also set up calendar days, stars, day and night, set the sun and the moon, the month is thirty days, and November is the winter solstice.
Emperor Yan managed the tribe and governed the world in a very good way. He does not expect retribution, does not covet the wealth of the world, but the world is rich. Wisdom is precious to people, and the whole world respects them. He is virtuous and righteous, diligent in not rewarding the people, evil and righteous without punishment, rich instead of wrath, obedient to the people without restraint, mighty but not killed, introspective and not troubled, and the people are all respectful.
Emperor Yan was also the progenitor of Chinese education. He taught the people to use tools, the people to sow grain, the people to medicine, the people to make pottery and painting, the people to bow and arrow, animal hunting, fitness, the people to make the piano, the people to music, dance, and also taught the people wisdom. It can be seen that during the Yandi period, morality, intelligence, physique and beauty were comprehensively valued and developed.
Among the many deeds of the Shennong clan, the most praised and familiar is the matter of making the five grains and planting grains, which is why the Shennong clan is called "Shennong", and the word "nong" in the word "Shennong" fully reflects this great initiative.
Emperor Yandi has made great contributions to the development of mankind. The spirit of Yandi is, first of all, the spirit of entrepreneurship, the spirit of dedication, the creative spirit of daring to be the first, and the enterprising spirit of perseverance and self-improvement. The spirit of The Yandi Emperor enables the descendants of China to get rid of ignorance and barbarism and pursue advanced and civilized in the struggle against nature and society. This spirit has enabled the Chinese nation to gain a high degree of unity and unity.
As for the birthplace of Yandi, there is still no conclusion, in fact, Yandi is a deified figure, which represents the concentrated embodiment of the collective wisdom of ancient humans in the struggle against nature. Today, the "Yandi" and "Yellow Emperor" as the symbols of China's five-thousand-year civilization are recorded in the annals of world civilization, and Chinese are also known as "Yanhuang Descendants".
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