Emperor Yan and his primitive clan ancestors created rich material wealth and spiritual wealth in long-term production practice, which prepared the initial material and cultural foundation for the beginning of Chinese civilization and the formation of the Chinese nation. Its main contribution can be summarized as eight achievements, namely, "from the beginning, teaching people to develop;" Taste a hundred herbs and invent medicine; Japan and China are markets, opening the market for the first time; Use hemp as cloth to make clothes; Cut tung into a piano and silk into a string; String wood is arc, wood is vector; Ploughing pottery, smelting axe; Build a house, build a house and live on a terrace. "

Yandi Shennong and Huangdi Xuanyuan Huangdi both made fundamental contributions to the historical development of China, so they have been respected by the Chinese nation for generations. China Zhou people have always regarded Yanhuang as the ancestor of the Chinese nation, the original founder of the Chinese nation, the symbol of prosperity and unity, and the common symbol and link of national cohesion and identity. All Chinese people call themselves "descendants of the Yellow Emperor", and the word "China people" has become synonymous with the Chinese nation. This sense of national identity has always played an important role in the unity and unity of the Chinese nation and the inheritance and development of Chinese civilization.