Shennong tasting a hundred herbs is a famous ancient myth and legend in China. The story of Shennong tasting a hundred herbs is like this: Shennong took Yao grass from Tiandi Garden, and when he met Heaven and Earth, Heaven and Earth gave him a whip. He was poisoned by herbs many times and then detoxified by tea. He vowed to taste all the grass and finally died because he ate the broken grass. In order to commemorate his kindness and achievements, people regarded him as the God of the King of Medicine, and built the Temple of the King of Medicine, offering sacrifices in four seasons.
Shennong is the last god since the Five Dynasties. The God of China created man, and all the preparations for people's life, such as building houses and making fires, intermarriage among tribes, raising livestock and cultivating crops, have been completed. China's mythical era ended and the legendary era came. Shennong was originally the leader of the Jiang tribe in the valley. Later, he invented agricultural tools with wooden plows to teach people to grow crops, make pottery and textiles and use fire. Because of his outstanding achievements, he took fire as his name and surname, so he became Emperor Yan and was honored as Shennong, and was honored as the god of agriculture in China by later generations.