The Beginning of Chinese History-Emperor Yan and Huang

In the human world, his major triumphs were the two huge wars with emperor Yan and Chiyou, which took place on the plains of what is present-day Hebei. (It is said that they were actually two versions of the same war according to another rendition of the story.) www.1155815.cn

These campaigns were of such an extensive scale as to draw on the participation of ferocious animals and birds. Even the gods joined in later on.

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The Emperor Huang was triumphant, thus promulgating order in the human world.

Legend has it that the Emperor Huang and his ministers were responsible for the invention of clothing, language, the calendar, land vehicles, the boat, and the bow and arrow. Emperor Yellow is said to have ultimately ascended to heaven, escorted by the divine long(龙), where he attained immortality, along with some of his fellowers. 1155815.cn

Emperor Yan was the younger brother of Emperor Huang. Although he lost the war to rule the world, his contribution to humanity was no less. He initiated farming and Chinese medicine. These achievements may be verified in many ancient book and record.

In order to test the effects and efficacy of herbs, he once poisoned himself 70 times within a single day. He taught the people agriculture and irrigation to ward off famine and has since been revered as the “the Sacred Farmer”.