Emperor Yan won the land of Jiahe.
Taihang stretches for 800 miles, the most beautiful is the middle Taihang, and the most distinctive is Licheng County, which is in the corner of the two Zhangs. Licheng County is a small mountainous county, is a typical agricultural county, the lack of mineral resources in the region, the best choice for development, is the inheritance of thousands of years of agricultural civilization and landscape pastoral tourism resources. When the wind of the season blows this land with the rise and fall of the Zhanghe River, in the magical and fertile land of Licheng, all kinds of crops are bred, especially the millet valley, the head of the five grains, which grows exceptionally strong, and this is the "land where Emperor Yan won the harvest". That's right, this is the "land where Emperor Yan won the harvest" of history books and folk memory. Licheng is rich in corn grain, millet is particularly delicious, according to legend, Wu Ge Lao in Qinxian County's hometown congratulated Li Fanghuang's mother on her birthday in Changning Village, and Li Fanghuang gave him more than a dozen ears of corn seeds when he left. After that, Wu Ge Lao paid tribute to the emperor with the corn he planted, which made the brand of "Qinzhou Yellow" today. Peel through the fog of history, and find that as early as more than 1,400 years ago, located in the Baotai Temple on the east side of the county town of Karling, the "Nine-level Futu Tablet" recorded that Licheng is "the hometown of the Qin general Dingyan, and the land where Emperor Yan won the Jiahe". This is not only an extremely precious inscription, but also records that Licheng is the ancient Li Kingdom, that is, the Li Kingdom once established by Emperor Yan. Chinese farming is in the same line, six or seven thousand years ago Jinjiajie ruins show that Licheng has created agriculture at that time, to the time of the ancestor Emperor Yan, Emperor Yan created a more brilliant agricultural civilization for the world. The Li character symbol unearthed from the ruins of Jinjia Street is the earliest Li character in China, Emperor Yan set this "Li" as the totem of farming, so he established the Li State, the Li State has been inherited in the land of Li City for 3,000 years, and then the descendants of the Li family with the surname of the country spread all over the world. "Grand View of Chinese Coins" records that Licheng was called "Leiyi" in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and Leicheng was used as a necessary agricultural tool for farming in ancient times, and was called a place name because of its extremely developed farming, which was the earliest place named after agricultural tools in the country. Time is long, Licheng has maintained a unique existence, in the long river of history has never disappeared, I have to say, the Yan Emperor won the harvest of the land is really a blessed land, a radius of less than forty miles, there are five cities, clearly show the development of Licheng from ancient times to the present, looking at the country This is a unique existence. "History of the Road" recorded: "The seventieth generation of Shennong's family has the world, Xuanyuan's Xing, by the Yan Emperor Lu Chan, sealed Lu Yulu, and guarded its ancestors, in order to worship Shennong." The meaning of this passage is very clear, Emperor Yan Shenlu Chan gave the throne to the Yellow Emperor, and then was sealed in Lu to guard the land of his ancestors. Lu here is Lu County, Lu County from the third year of Han Gaozu (203 years ago) to the eleventh year of Taiping Zhenjun of the Northern Wei Dynasty (450 years), a total of 653 years, this period, Licheng is also Lu County, since Emperor Yan won Jiahe in Licheng, then Shen Lu in Lu Shou his ancestors, must also be in Licheng. Located in the east camel village forty miles north of the county seat, there is a unique folk intangible cultural heritage "beating and praying for rain" and the Xi "picking fire eggs" to commemorate Emperor Yan. There is also a temple of Yandi that I don't know what dynasty it was built in, and it is very peculiar, it is said that it is peculiar because the ancient tablet in the temple records that this place is the land of big wax, it is the activity of worshipping Emperor Yan, the place of big wax and the ancient name of the village "ancient wax gang", the sacrificial platform of Emperor Yan "wax gang top" echoes, the cultural connotation of these sites is thick and profound, and it is an important carrier of history and culture. There is a road in the village called "Yandi Road", according to legend, Yandi walked on this road, and suddenly auspicious fell from the sky, and then won Jiahe. Wax Gangding is the place where Emperor Yan sacrifices to the sky, Emperor Yan sacrifices the most precious grain to the sky on the winter solstice day of Wax Gangding, in order to thank God for the gift, therefore, set up the altar of sacrifice to heaven to hope for a bumper harvest every year, and to be healthy every year. The Temple of Heaven is the most primitive relic of Emperor Yan's activities in Licheng. There are two couplets in the Yandi Temple in the East Camel Village, which may be glimpsed: Yiqi Shennong worships the gods and farmers to sacrifice the beginning of the big wax ancient wax gang worship Yandi Xiushen Temple traces back to the origin of the ancestor of East camel farming Yiqi hometown Shennong Shengdi Chui Wanshi Wax Gang New Village Yandi old temple is more than a thousand years old, coinciding with the prosperous era, the Yandi won the land of Jiahe Licheng, the relics of agricultural civilization are so precious, the spirit of Yandi will shine forever. I can't help but sigh: in the land of Licheng, the Zhanghe River trickles and sings the praises of the ancestor of traditional Chinese culture, Emperor Yan tried to plant grains here, taught the people to grow crops, and created a splendid agricultural civilization for China. Welcome to Lai Thanh!
Shennong City (wax hill top).
Shennong City (wax hill top).
Emperor Yan sacrificed to the Temple of Heaven.