Tag: Yan

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.