Shennong, one of Huang San, was born in a cave in Lieshan Mountain. Once Shennong saw birds holding seeds, so he invented grain agriculture. Because of these outstanding contributions, everyone is also called Shennong.
When Shennong saw that people were sick, he climbed trees in the wild and went to Tiandi Garden to get Yao grass, which was whipped by Tiandi. Shennong took the magic whip and walked from the wild city of Du Guang to the fierce mountain. Shennong tasted a hundred herbs and was poisoned many times, thanks to tea detoxification. Shennong vowed to taste the grass all over, and eventually died of tasting the broken grass.
In order to commemorate the merits of Shennong, people regarded Shennong as the God of the King of Medicine and built the Temple of the King of Medicine. Legend has it that the junction of Sichuan, Hubei and Shaanxi in China is the place where Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, which is called Shennongjia Mountain Area.
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Legend about Shennong:
Shennong is a tribal leader after Fuxi, known as Emperor Yan. Shennong is also a great inventor. Shennong traveled all over the world, collected all kinds of plants, found medicinal materials that could cure diseases, and selected toxic ones to tell people, which made great contributions to the medical cause in China.
Legend has it that Shennong is a magical figure. Shennong's mother felt the dragon's anger in her dream and gave birth to Shennong after she became pregnant. It is said that Shennong has a human body, but a cow head. After he was born, he talked for three days, walked for five days and teethed for seven days. Shennong has grown up and is very tall, nearly 3 meters.
Later, Shennong asked a fairy for medical skills and got a book. After reading this book, I understand why people are sick. So I sent people to collect medicinal materials everywhere and personally taste whether it was poisonous or not. Shennong experimented with his own body and even ate more than 70 kinds every day. In this way, Shennong prepared 365 kinds of drugs, which can treat more than 400 kinds of diseases.
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