Shennong
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Shennong, variously translated as "Divine Farmer" or "Divine Husbandman", born Jiang Shinian, was a mythological Chinese ruler known as the Yan Emperor and a deity in Chinese folk religion. He is vene
Emperor Shennong as depicted in Wu Family Shrines in Jiaxiang, Shandong, from the mid 2nd century AD.
Portrait of Shennong, 18th century by Xu Jetian
Communal worship of Shennong at the Great Temple of Yandi Shennong (炎帝神农大殿) in Suizhou, Hubei.
Shennong as depicted in a 1503 painting, by Guo Xu
According to Chinese mythology and traditional Chinese historiography, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were a series of sage Chinese emperors, and the first Emperors of China. Today, they are c
Shennong
…as the Yan Emperor and a deity in Chinese folk religion. He is venerated as a culture hero in China. Shennong has at times been counted amongst the Three Sovereigns (also known as "Three Kings" or "Three Patrons"), a group of ancient deities or deified kings of prehistoric China. Shennong has been thought to have…
The Hall of the Three Sovereigns in Changchun Si (长春寺), a Taoist temple in Wuhan
Shennong tasting herbs to discover their qualities
Historian's depiction of the Yellow Emperor
Another depiction of the Yellow Emperor