Chinese traditional culture: Huang Di (皇帝, Emperor)
Huang Di (Emperor,皇帝) is the title of the highest ruler during the Chinese imperial period. Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇) Ying Zheng (嬴政) was the first emperor of China and referred…
Useful for understanding China
Yan Di, known as Shen Nong, was the founder of China and one of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. According to legend, Emperor Yan Di, with a bull’s head and a human body, tasted all kinds of herbs and developed the use of herbs to cure diseases; he invented slash-and-burn cultivation and created two kinds of soil-turning agricultural tools, and taught the people to reclaim the land for planting food crops; he also led the tribal people to make pottery and cooking utensils for food and drink.
Huang Di (Emperor,皇帝) is the title of the highest ruler during the Chinese imperial period. Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇) Ying Zheng (嬴政) was the first emperor of China and referred…
Wu Fang Tian Di (The Five Heavenly Emperors, 五方天帝) refer to the Heavenly Emperors in the five directions of East, South, West, North, and Central in ancient Chinese mythology. Wu…
Divine Dragon Analysis Yinglong: The most meritorious creation deity in Chinese mythology, described in Shan Hai Jing as having “wings on back, scaly body with spinal spines”. As totem of…
Introduction Shennong Shi is the most sacrificial medical deity in Chinese mythology, celebrated for his exploration of herbal medicine through “tasting a hundred herbs”. Symbolizing humanity’s fearless pursuit of nature’s…