What are the 5 types of grains?

Rice, wheat, soybeans, corn, and potatoes.

In the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, the five grains are called: round-grained rice, small beans, wheat, soybeans, and yellow millet. In modern times, the five grains are usually referred to as rice, wheat, soybeans, corn, and potatoes, and it is also customary to refer to grains other than rice and flour as miscellaneous grains, and thus the five grains and miscellaneous grains refer to food crops in general.

The nutrients in grains and cereals are very rich in fiber and minerals is several times the ordinary rice, containing vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin E and calcium, potassium, iron, zinc and other trace elements, more abundant. Grains and cereals are the main source of dietary fiber, and most of them contain more unsaturated fatty acids, which can provide most of the body's essential nutrients.

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The legend of the origins of the five grains:

In ancient times, people were eating the meat of birds and beasts and wild fruits on the mountains. By the time of Emperor Shennong, there were slowly more people. Yan Di thought, birds and beasts will always eat less and less, while the fruit of the grass and trees, can grow once a year, can be a constant source. If we could take the strongest seeds of grass and trees and plant them, we could have a new harvest every year and not worry about the shortage of food.

So he cut some wood from the mountains and turned it into a scythe, which he had his glazed poodle pulling in front of him, while he held the scythe behind him to steer the course. After the soil is turned over, and from the wild land to collect some grass seeds, began to try to plant up soon, these seeds broke through the ground, grow very lush. In the fall, the harvest was received several times more.

Yan Di was very happy, the next year, called rice, millet, millet, wheat, beans and peas five ministers, led the people, according to the land of the high and dry, wet and fertilizer and other conditions, the division of the lot, the head of a large area of planting.

This incident moved the Jade Emperor. He sent a red-colored god bird with a seedling of nine spikes to fly over the land that Yan Di had cultivated and scatter the seeds in the ground. He also ordered the Sun God and the Rain God to help take care of it. As a result, five different

To make it easier to remember, Yan Di called the five crops Rice, Millet, Jigen, Wheat and Beans according to the names of the five ministers. In the fall of this year, the five grains grew more than a foot long Jiahe. This kind of grain could be harvested three times a year, and people could eat it not only to satisfy their hunger, but also to live forever. In this way, many people slowly became lazy.

The Jade Emperor knew, very unhappy, called the rice grain God quickly withdraw the five grains in the immortality of the ingredients, and the seed can only be harvested once a year. And order the red god bird to stay on earth, every spring to urge the people to plow. Consequently, that god bird became the current cuckoo bird.

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