Why is Emperor Yan a symbol of our ancient nation?

Emperor Yan is one of the ancestors of the Chinese nation and a symbol of the ancient Chinese nation. He pioneered planting, inventing thunder, setting up fairs, etc., and made great contributions to the development of Chinese civilization, thus gestating the pioneering and innovative spirit of the Chinese nation, inspiring the spirit of self-improvement, casting the patriotic spirit of the Chinese nation and becoming one of the sources of Chinese civilization.

First, Emperor Yan is one of the ancestors of the Chinese nation, also known as Shennong. In ancient documents, such as Zhouyi, Shiji, Hanshu, Huainanzi, Shanhaijing, Biography of Huang San, Daoshi and Tongzhi, there are records about Emperor Yan. Among them, Zheng Qiao's Tongzhi has detailed records. "Tongzhi" said: "Yandi Shennong began in Lieshan, also known as Shanshi Lie, also known as Lianshan, also known as Xiaoting, also known as Dating, also known as Kui Kun, also known as Ren Huang. Yuanzi, the son of Shaodian, is the daughter of Deng, the daughter of Gaos. Deng, a female, feels like a dragon and gives birth to Shennong. Bichang, named Jiang, ruled the world with fire, hence the name. People have no food to eat and don't know how to grow crops. Therefore, it is called Shennong because it has the right time, the right place and the right people, and began to teach people to grow grain. People have diseases, but they don't know the medicine stone, which is the smell of vegetation. By observing the nature of cold and warm, they know the significance of the assistance of monarch and minister. They have all tasted it. They encountered seventy poisons a day, or Yun Shennong tasted hundreds of medicines, died a hundred times a day, and earned 360 yuan, which was handed down by later generations as Shennong Materia Medica. He also wrote a prescription for treating diseases, replaying gossip and becoming sixty-four hexagrams. Known as "Returning to Tibet", all the works are based on Chen, and then moved to Shandong, with fire as the official, spring official as the fire, summer official as the quail fire, western fire, winter official as the north fire, middle official as the fire, happy to beg, or support its customs, simple and heavy, not angry and rich, nothing. Japan and China are the city, starting from five o'clock, cutting tung into a piano and straightening silk into silk, so as to connect the virtues of heaven and earth and combine the harmony between heaven and man. ..... one hundred and twenty years in office. " This is almost the whole content of the worship of Emperor Yan in later generations.

According to historical documents, Emperor Yan had many brilliant achievements, which can be summarized as follows.

1, founded Lei, taught people to farm, and created the farming culture of China.

Emperor Yan invented many things, the most important of which was planting and farm tools. In the era of Emperor Yan, people made a living by gathering fish and hunting, and this life was not guaranteed. There is no problem with hunting and catching fish, but if there is no hunting and catching fish, there is nothing to do. In order to bring the ancient ancestors of China from the primitive gathering, fishing and hunting society into the primitive farming society, Emperor Yan led the people in great creation and practice. "Huainanzi" says: "In ancient times, grass used to eat water, pick the fruit of trees and eat the meat of clams, which was often harmed by diseases. Therefore, Shennong first taught people to sow grains, suitable land and wet fertilizer; The taste of herbs and the sweetness and bitterness of water springs make people know taboos. " Wang Jia's "Notes" says: "Emperor Yan began to teach people to use thunder. At that time ... there were nine-eared grain Dan birds, which fell to the ground, and the emperor picked them up and planted them in the fields, but the eater never died." "Guanzi" says: "Shennong is a tree, and it is the day of mountains. Kyushu people know how to eat grains, but the world is turning." "Shang Jun" said: "In Shennong's world, men plow and eat, women weave and dress, and there is no need for punishment or politics, so Jia Bing can't afford to be king. Shennong didn't, the strong defeated the weak, and the group was violent. So the Yellow Emperor used a knife and saw for external use. " Although the above records are inevitably mythical, it can be seen from the records that Yandi Shennong led people to carry out agricultural planting. I think this is the earliest agricultural planting in China.

Emperor Yan made great contributions to the Chinese nation, not only inventing planting, but also inventing many farm tools. Tools are an important factor of productivity, and in a sense, they represent the level of productivity. The Book of Changes: "The Bao family does not make it, but the Shen farmhouse makes it, and the wood is the coffin, and the wood is the coffin, which is beneficial to teach the world." [6] Class and tillage have always been the main tools for ploughing cultivated land in China's agricultural production, and later class is also the floorboard of agricultural tools. Planting and its invention have unparalleled significance and contribution, which has promoted the transition of China society from fishing and hunting economy to agricultural economy, and marked the emergence of a new era, a new civilization and a new culture.

2. Taste all kinds of herbs, invent medicines and create Chinese medicine culture.

In ancient times, due to poor living conditions, our ancestors ate and drank blood like animals, suffered from many diseases and died very seriously. As a tribal leader, Emperor Yan saw that people's lives were not guaranteed, and he was determined to seek medical treatment and prolong life. There are many stories about Emperor Yan's taste of medicine and treatment in history books. "Huai Nan Zi Xiu Wu Xun" said: "(Yan Di) passes seventy poisons a day." [7] "Search Ji Shen" also said: "Shennong smoked plants with a whip, knowing their flat, poisonous, cold and warm nature." [8] "Chronicle of Huang San" contains: "(Shennong) encountered seventy poisons a day. Or Yun Shennong tasted a hundred herbs and died a hundred times a day, getting 360 things. In response to the number of days. " [9] The above records may be exaggerated, but it is true that Shennong tasted a hundred herbs and had a narrow escape. Finally, he died on the grass. In order to "help people with medicine" and heal the wounded and rescue the dying, Emperor Yan collected and tasted medicine all over the country. Shennongjia, a big forest in Hubei, is named after Shennong, and it may also be the place where Shennong collects medicine. In order to commemorate Emperor Yan's great contribution and dedication to the invention of drugs, people named China's first history book of pharmacology "Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing".

3. "China and China are the market", exchanging needed commodities, creating original transactions and creating's market culture.

The Book of Changes under Cohesion records the situation that Emperor Yan opened the market to "promote business": "Japan and China are the market, the people of the world gather the goods of the world, and the transaction retreats, and each has its own place." [10] The development of agriculture promotes the division of labor among social members. In addition, people especially need to exchange their products for what they need. Emperor Yan complied with the requirements of the times, opened the market, and stipulated that the sun should be an exchange at its peak. This is the market. The establishment of large and small markets not only promoted the development of production, but also met the needs of people's lives. Until the Warring States period, there were still many areas where many people still adhered to this Shennong system. For thousands of years, the vast areas of China, especially the south, still retain the characteristics of the largest number of people listed at noon and the best transactions. After more than 6,000 years, mankind has entered the 2 1 century, and China's socialist market economy has become increasingly prosperous, which shows the great historical achievements and far-reaching historical significance of our ancestor Yan Di in developing market economy and creating market culture.

In addition, Emperor Yan made many groundbreaking and breakthrough inventions. For example, knot silk for strings and compose music for piano; Use hemp as cloth to make clothes; Cut wood into bows; Make pottery, etc. , led the people to bravely fight against nature, created immortal achievements, and condensed profound Yan Di culture. China's descendants have benefited from it for generations, and recognized Yan Di as an ancestor or "national root". Yan Di is indeed the source of China's national strength and a symbol of national unity.

3. Emperor Yan's culture is the origin and foundation of the spirit of the times. It is an important content of the spirit of the times, such as pioneering and innovating, self-improvement, dedication to the people and patriotism. It is related to Emperor Yan's culture, the inheritance, development and reform of Emperor Yan's spirit, and the fruit of absorbing the essence of China's traditional culture and thought. 1, self-improvement, pioneering and innovative national enterprising spirit.

The Book of Changes said, "Heaven is powerful, and gentlemen are constantly striving for self-improvement." Strong and self-reliance are closely related to independent will, independent personality and the idea that one can sacrifice one's life in order to adhere to principles. In ancient times, productivity was extremely low. In this case, Emperor Yan led the people to bravely fight against nature. And in the long-term production practice, with the spirit of perseverance, continuous exploration and innovation, made great inventions. He "picked up grain", "plowed grain" and "plowed for thunder", invented planting and farming, and laid the foundation for the survival of the Chinese nation; He "tasted a hundred herbs as medicine" and created a medical culture; He put forward that "Japan and China are the market and collect the goods from all over the world", creating a market culture; He "tied silk into strings", made piano and composed music, created music and aesthetics, and so on, all of which were great contributions to the Chinese nation. This indomitable spirit of self-improvement runs through the history of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. For thousands of years, China has experienced internal troubles and foreign invasion, and finally stood on its own feet among the nations of the world. One of the important reasons is that this spirit has inspired generations of people with lofty ideals to strive for progress and unremittingly fight against the harsh natural environment and evil forces.

In today's reform and opening up, we still need to carry forward Yan Di's innovative spirit of self-improvement and perseverance. The Chinese nation is a nation with a strong pioneering and innovative spirit. It is a fine tradition and style of the Chinese nation to be enterprising and innovative. For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has been handed down from generation to generation and experienced hardships, relying on this tradition and style. Only in this way can we better promote the development of reform and opening up.

2. The Dagong spirit of caring for the world and benefiting the people.

In order to seek medicine for curing diseases, Emperor Yan went in and out of the miasma-filled and inaccessible forest regardless of his own safety, and risked his life to taste all kinds of herbs, especially to save people's suffering. This spirit of Emperor Yan, no matter from which angle, is lofty and very valuable. This is a spirit of dedication to the people, and what the Chinese nation values most is the moral principle of serving the public all over the world. Emphasizing personal responsibility and obligation to family, society and people has become a national spirit of the Chinese nation after being respected by Confucianism. This noble spirit of serving the nation and the people was passed down by Emperor Yan and regarded as the highest life criterion by people with lofty ideals. This moral principle emphasizes "benefiting the world but not the self-interest", and emphasizes that the significance of individual life lies not in the survival and development of individuals themselves, but in the significance and value of society, nation and country. Fan Zhongyan's "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later" is the highest life ideal of China literati. Emperor Yan's spirit of caring for the world and benefiting the people is an immortal monument of Shui Yuan standing in the hearts of China people. Some thoughts, theories, lines, principles and policies of China and party member have sublimated these ancient thoughts and further promoted the dedication of the Chinese nation to the people.

3. Created the patriotic spirit of the Chinese nation.

More than one billion China people at home and abroad are called descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and the worship of Emperor Yan Huang is the most common. This worship is widely spread among many ethnic minorities outside the Han nationality. This is a unique historical and cultural phenomenon under the laws of China's historical tradition. This is because we are all descendants of the same ancestry and blood ties. For thousands of years, people of all ethnic groups in our country have longed for and safeguarded the unity of the country. After wars and changes, the Chinese nation can always get rid of interference and condense into a whole. One of the main reasons is that the Chinese nation has great centripetal force and cohesion. In the cultural tradition, the consanguineous identity and unified thought of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor is an important factor in forming the centripetal force and cohesion of the Chinese nation, an important foundation for casting Chinese patriotism, and will certainly play an important role in the exchange of people on both sides of the strait and the early realization of peaceful reunification on both sides of the strait.