Who has a legend about tea? About the origin and legend of tea

China is the origin of tea trees, tea production has a very long history, the first pharmacological monograph of the Warring States period "Shennong Materia Medica" in the side stall records the origin and legend of tea. There is a sentence in "Shennong's Materia Medica" that is recorded like this: "Shennong tastes a hundred herbs, and if he encounters a match, he will have seventy-two poisons, and he will be able to solve them."

There are two different legends about this record: the origin and legend of tea, one is that Shennong cured people's diseases, and personally tried the effect of various plants and trees to cure diseases, and when boiling water, occasionally tea leaves floated into the pot from the branches, so it was discovered that tea can be used as a drink to cure diseases.

China is the origin of tea trees, tea production has a very long history, the first pharmacological monograph of the Warring States period "Shennong Materia Medica" recorded the origin and legend of tea. There is a sentence in "Lu Jianqin Shennong's Materia Medica" that is recorded like this: "Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, encountered seventy-two poisons in one day, and got the solution."

In this record, there are two different legends: the first legend is that Shennong cured people's diseases, and personally tried the healing effects of various herbs and trees, and when boiling water, there were tea leaves floating into the pot from the branches, so it was discovered that tea could be used as a drink for healing. The second legend is that when Shennong tried to cure the diseases of plants and trees, he tasted the golden green rolling mountain beads and was poisoned, and died under the tea tree, and the water on the tea tree flowed into Shennong's mouth, so he was saved.

Tea was discovered by the Shennong clan.

Tea is the earliest invention of the Chinese nation and the drink used in the bridge, which began in the Shennong era, was heard in the Zhou Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and was honored in the Song Dynasty. It has a history of thousands of years, whether it is the earliest discovery of the use of tea, or tea drinking, tea planting, and tea making, all originating from China.

Shennong's is the "Yan Emperor" of the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" who are regarded as ancestors by the descendants of Yan and Huang of the Chinese nation, and it is said that it appeared more than 2,700 years ago. He once discovered five grains, taught the ancestors to plant agriculture, and was revered as the god of agriculture. According to the "Shennong Materia Medica" record:

Shennong tastes a hundred herbs, encounters seventy-two poisons every day, and gets to solve them", this is tea. In ancient times, human beings made a living by picking wild fruits and preying on wild beasts, and if they were not careful, they would accidentally eat poisonous flowers and plants.

Yandi introduced

Emperor Yan is the honorific title of the leader of the tribe surnamed Minzao Jiang in ancient China, known as Shennong, also known as Kuikui, Lianshan, Lieshan, alias Zhu Xiang. Legend has it that the leader of the tribe surnamed Jiang was called Emperor Yan because he knew how to use fire to get the throne. From Shennong, there are nine generations of Yan Emperor, Shennong Emperor Kui, Emperor Kui, Emperor Cheng, Emperor Ming, Emperor Ming, Emperor Ming, Emperor Zhisheng, Emperor Mourning, Emperor Mourning, Emperor Ke, Emperor Kesheng.

The era of Emperor Yan is the Neolithic Age, and there are currently six places in the hometown of Emperor Yan, namely Baoji in Shaanxi, Lianshan in Huitong County in Hunan, Yanling County in Zhuzhou, Hunan, Suizhou in Hubei, Gaoping in Shanxi, and Zhecheng in Henan. The Yandi tribe was active in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the tribe began to flourish in the area of Jiangshui (one said to be the Qingjiang River in Weibin District, Baoji City, and the other said to be Qishui in Qishan County, Baoji City).

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Yandi.

It is recorded in Shennong's Materia Medica, "Shennong tastes a hundred herbs, encounters seventy-two poisons every day, and gets the solution" here is tea, therefore, tea was discovered by Shennong, but there is no such person as Shennong in history, and the more recognized statement is that Shennong is the representative of the wisdom of the group in that period, not a real person.