The origin and legend of Shennong Festival

Lieshan, the birthplace of Emperor Yan, Shennong, the ancestor of China, is located at the southern foot of Jiulong Mountain, Lishan Town, Zengdu District, Suizhou City, Hubei Province. The ancient Shennong Cave is located on the hillside of Jiunong Mountain. Historical records record that "Shennong's mother settled down, and she was grateful for agriculture and gave birth to Emperor Yan" here. In the Yandi Shennong Lieshan Scenic Area, there are memorial buildings such as the Yandi Shennong Cave, the Yandi Shennong Monument, the Yandi Shennong Memorial Square, the Yandi Shennong Memorial Hall, and the Yandi Shennong Archway. The planning and construction of Yandi Shennong Lieshan scenic spot is characterized by "returning the architecture to ancient times and returning the environment to the wild". It is planned to build the "World Lieshan Clan Hall", "Sacrifice and Pilgrimage", "Holy Relics Tour", "Datong Market", "Yandi Mountain" The six areas of "Hometown Economic and Technological Development" and "Service and Reception Management" will build and restore Yandi Shennong Hall, Lieshan Ancestral Hall, Sage Hall, Gongde Hall, Shennong Temple, Andeng Spring, Baicao Garden, Guantian Temple, Shennong Nine Wells and other scenic spots. The landscapes include Jianghe Xinchao, Jiuling Qinglan, Yansi Evening Bell, Mountain Village Sunset, Ancient Cave Green Snow, Broken Rocks Shrinking Fog, Dragon and Phoenix Flagpoles, etc., all of which are extraordinarily beautiful based on the materials and scenery. For thousands of years, tens of thousands of people from all over the world come to Lieshan to worship Emperor Yan Shennong and remember the ancestors of China every time he celebrates his birthday. Lieshan has become a holy place for descendants of Yan and Huang at home and abroad to trace their roots and inquire about their ancestors. Lieshan Yandi Shennong Festival in Suizhou, Hubei, China Festival features: To commemorate the birth of the ancestor of China on this day, overseas Chinese organizations such as the Lieshan Clan Association from all over the world organize groups to participate in the festival. Festival location: various places in Suizhou City Festival time: April 26th of the lunar calendar

Lieshan, an ancient and revered name, shone with brilliant brilliance as early as five or six thousand years ago. The ancestor of Chinese humanities, the Yandi Shennong clan, originated from Lieshan (Lishan) in Suizhou.

The Shennong clan of Emperor Yan was a representative figure of a powerful clan and tribe in ancient my country. It flourished in Suizhou, spread northward to the Central Plains, returned to Jianghan, and buried Lingxian County, "burning the mountains and rivers". Ground-breaking feats such as "cultivating hundreds of grains and vegetables", "making axes for cultivation", "ploughing for food and weaving for clothes", "tasting hundreds of herbs and curing people's diseases", ushered in a new era of Chinese civilization. From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the present, historians and historical documents from past dynasties have made definite records that Emperor Yan Shennong was born in "Lishan Mountain in Suizhou, Hubei Province". Such as: "Book of Rites" in the Spring and Autumn Period. Sacrifice Law Twenty-Three": "The Lishan family has the world, and its son is called a farmer, who can cultivate hundreds of grains." Zheng Xuan, a master of Confucian classics in the Eastern Han Dynasty, noted: "The Lishan clan, also known as Emperor Yan, originated from Lishan, or it may be called the Lieshan clan."

The Spring and Autumn Period's "Guoyu*Luyu 1": "The Xi Lieshan clan has the world, and his son is called Zhu, who can grow hundreds of grains and vegetables." Wei Zhao during the Three Kingdoms period noted: Lieshan clan, the name of Emperor Yan, originated from Lieshan, (Book of Rites * Sacrifice), Lieshan was named Lishan.

Volume 4 of "Zuo Zhuan Annotation of Spring and Autumn Period": "There is a son of Lieshan clan called Zhu Weiji. (Shen Han's supplementary annotation says: "(Sacrifice method)) It says: 'Lishan clan has the world. Ye, his son was called Nong, capable of cultivating hundreds of valleys.' Note: 'The Lishan clan, also known as Emperor Yan, originated from Lishan, or it was said that there was a Lieshan clan.' "Li") have been worshiped since Xia Dynasty.

"Zuo Zhuan*Zhaogong 29th Year": "A son of the Lieshan family said that the pillar was Ji, and he was worshiped since Xia Dynasty; Zhou Qi was also Ji, and he was worshiped since Shang Dynasty." Du Yu of the Jin Dynasty made an annotation for it: "The Lieshan family, Emperor Yan, originated from Li."

The 26th of April in the lunar calendar is the anniversary of the birthday of Emperor Yan. In memory of the ancestor of China, several Thousands of descendants of Yan and Huang at home and abroad traveled thousands of miles to Suizhou to pay homage to Yan Emperor Shennong. In order to commemorate Emperor Yan, the birthday of Emperor Yan is celebrated every year on April 26th of the lunar calendar. In 1988, in order to commemorate the ancestors of China and carry forward the national spirit, the Suizhou Municipal Government restored the Shennong Temple of Emperor Yan with the purpose of "visiting ancestors, friendship, openness and endeavor". The hometown scenic area has held birthday celebrations for Emperor Yan Shennong every year since 1991. The Suizhou Municipal Government and Hubei Province held the Yandi Shennong Festival in 1993, which was a huge event. Former Chinese President Li Xiannian personally inscribed the name of the festival, which had a wide impact at home and abroad. Yandi Shennong Festival in Lishan, Suizhou, Hubei (picture) It is revealed that the first world Chinese root-seeking festival in Yandi’s hometown is unprecedented in scale, with 20,000 people participating, most of them overseas Chinese. At the same time, events such as the Yandi Shennong High-Level Cultural Forum will be held; Taiwanese political dignitaries, business elites and heads of mainland Taiwan-funded enterprises attending the 6th Hubei Wuhan Taiwan Week will be organized to go to the hometown of Yandi Shennong in Suizhou to trace their roots and worship their ancestors; organize invitations to participate in " Overseas Chinese representatives from the Chinese Entrepreneurship Association came to pay their respects

Suizhou, Hubei Province is an outstanding place with outstanding people. As early as 1978, the 2,400-year-old Zeng Hou Yi chimes were unearthed here, rewriting the history of world music. .