Shen Nong (神農) aka Sheng Nong Da Di (神農大帝), one of the Three Ancient Kings 遠古三皇 (Ancestors of the Chinese 華夏祖先), in some contexts, we also addressed him as Yan Di (炎帝) – Emperor Yan or Wu Gu Da Di (五穀大帝) - meaning Lord of the Five Grains.
Due to the place where he stayed, he also got a surname of Jiang 姜 (staying around the Jiang River 姜水).
In records, Shen Nong was the son of Shao Dian (少典) and his mother was known as Fang Deng (方登). After his mother got a dream of a dragon (望龍而育有神農), she got pregnant with Shen Nong.
After Shen Nong grow-up, he tend to show a lot of interests in the different types of plants/herbs/green-living-stuffs. Slowly, he went into the tasting of the different types of plants/etc and ever got poison up to 70 times in a day (神農嘗百草).
Due to his braveness, a lot of the people were being benefited, and from then, he was being respected as a Great Person – slowly became a Deity.
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神農大帝寶誥
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志心皈命禮。
Zhi Xin Gui Ming Li
教民稼穡。德配昊天。
Jiao Min Jia Se, De Pei Hao Tian
業開百穀。承平農田。
Ye Kai BaiGu, Cheng Ping Nong Tian
道贊玄靈。開皇神農上帝。
Dao Zan Xuan Ling, Kai Huang Shen Nong Shang Di
恩全民命。五穀大道真仙。
En Quan Min Ming, Wu Gu Da Dao Zhen Xian
垂恩廣大。就世無邊。
Chui En Guang Da, Jiu Shi Wu Bian
顯赫威靈。眾信禱神加佑。
Xian He Wei Ling, Zhong Xin Dao Shen Jia You
隱微感應。群生沾澤猶綿。
Yin Wei Gan Ying, Qun Sheng Zhan Ze You Mian
鑒茲善念。降赴經筵。
Qian Zi Shan Nian, Jiang Fu Jing Yan
山川正氣。社稷尊神。
Shan Chuan Zheng Qi, She Ji Zun Shen
功參造化。萬世相傳。
Gong Can Zao Hua, Wan Shi Xiang Chuan
大悲大願。大聖大慈。
Da Bei Da Yuan, Da Sheng Da Ci
普度皇靈。神農大帝。
Pu Du Huang Ling, Shen Nong Da Di
少典太子。開涵演奧天尊。
Shao Dian Tai Zi, Kai Han Yan Ao Tian Zun
Ah, I remember him... he is the medicine man... :-)
ReplyDeleteHahahaha, yup, his that one you know one :P
ReplyDeleteUsually Chinese Physician will pay respect to him as a form of respect.
In the ancient era, on the day of his birthday, all physicians will rest for half day to go to temples that are dedicated to him to pay their respect.
What is the difference between him and Ba Gua Cho Shr? There statues look the same except that Ba Gua Cho Shr holds a Bagua, or are they the same or just look-a-like?
ReplyDeleteOne thing to make sure is that, they are of different people.
ReplyDeleteBa Gua Zu Shi, a master who invented the way of how shall a person get used when things around him/her changes, whereas Shen Nong Shi, a master who found out all the edible plants for people to survive on (not only by eating meat to get all the nutrients, but plants can also give energy to human).
Why they got this type of look?
1st by records - make sure they look different from normal human, so as to show the power or the strength
2nd, they are pre-historical human, so look very different from what the normal human today (some say they are Cave-man.. not wrong too)
Thanks. :-)
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ReplyDeleteThis picture from Dalongdong Bao An Temple at Taipei, Taiwan.
ReplyDeleteThis temple is over 260 years old and got the 2003 UNESCO's Heritage conservation Awards!
Hahaha, yup, so have you visited this Temple? a Very Nice Temple. Worth visiting.
ReplyDeleteYes shifu, I went there last year. It was beautiful temple.
ReplyDeleteO i c.. will love to visit the Temple soon too :P
ReplyDeleteMaybe next year, cos this year busy with the Celebration preparation.
sifu.it means shen nong is wu guk da di??
ReplyDeleteYes.
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