According to the records of the historian Zhou Benji, the daughter of the Tai family, Jiang Yuan, was born and abandoned after stepping on the giant's footprints. Ji was the eldest son of Emperor Huang. Ji's mother's name was Jiang Yuan, the yuan imperial concubine of DIHE.
His father, DIHE, and his mother, Jiang Yuan ("DIHE had four concubines, and Yuan's concubine Jiang Yuan gave birth to Houji, and his mother and brother called Taixi"). Shanhaijing: Emperor Junsheng Houji, according to the book of songs as the son of God.
Ji was abandoned by his parents when he was young. Da Ya Sheng min in the book of songs describes Ji's survival in the footsteps of God, which was later promoted by Tang Yao. After Tang Yao was granted the title of emperor Ji, there was Tai (now southwest of Wugong County, Shaanxi Province, China).
In the Bamboo Annals, it is said that "in the seven years of the great drought in Tang Dynasty, when the sand was fried and the stone was rotten, the world was hungry, Houji was the first to drop a hundred grains, the people were grains, and all nations were righteous.". He also said that "Tang suffered from drought for seven years. In the Ming Dynasty, he was recommended by virtue, but the drought did not stop. Therefore, he moved to the society, taking the Zhou Dynasty as Ji, and he wanted to move to gulong, but de Mo Ji as Xia society.". He also said, "in the ninth year of Yao Shui, in the seventh year of Tang Han, the whole world was in peace, the people were hungry, the people were saved, and the contribution was made to Houji. Houji could not be conquered, and God would not come, so I would rather die and bow.". He has been in power for 80 years.
Life of the characters
Ji, surnamed Ji, was the xuansun of the Yellow Emperor and the eldest son of the emperor. Hou Ji's mother was named Jiang Yuan, the imperial concubine of Yuan Dynasty.
It is said that one day, Jiang Yuan wandered to the suburbs and met a giant's footprints, which were much larger than ordinary people's. He was surprised and doubted. He suddenly felt a warm current rushing in the sea of Qi and pounding the acupoints all over his body. He had an indescribable pleasure and comfort, and had a strong desire to trample on the footprints. She put her foot on the thumb of the giant's footprints, and she felt a slight movement in her abdomen, just like the movement of a fetus. She was frightened and scared, but she had no choice. She gave birth to a son after October. Jiang Yuan thought his son was a demon, so he threw him into the alley. But a series of strange phenomena happened. At first, the passing cattle and horses in the alley consciously avoided, never stepped on the baby. Later, Jiang Yuan sent someone to throw him into the mountain forest, but it happened that there were many people in the mountain. Finally, he threw the baby on the river ice, and suddenly a big bird came to cover the baby with its plump wings to prevent the baby from freezing. Jiang Yuan thought that this was God's instruction, so he took the baby back and raised it carefully. Because it was originally intended to abandon him, he was named "abandon".
Main achievements
In the book of songs Daya Shengmin, it is said that when they were abandoned as children, they were good at planting trees, hemp and Shu. As an adult, he should be good at planting grain and teaching the people to cultivate. Yao heard that as an agricultural teacher, the world would benefit from it and make contributions. It was granted to Tai and named Houji instead of Ji. " Houji was good at planting all kinds of food crops. He once worked as an agricultural official in the Yao and Shun dynasties and taught the people to cultivate. He was considered to be the one who began to cultivate millet and wheat.
The book of songs Daya Shengmin goes on to talk about how to harvest, thresh and process mature food, put them in the bean utensils for sacrifice, respect the ancestors and match the heaven, delicious cooked food, and soon even God is happy to enjoy. The content of this passage reflects the structure of crops in Yao and Shun dynasties, from planting to harvesting to sacrificing to the ancestors. From the moment Houji's mother gave birth to Houji, this chapter describes the origin, structure and operation of agriculture of Zhou nationality in a very simple and vivid way. It is an extremely valuable document of agricultural history.
Historical records
"Shanhaijing dahuangxijing" contains "the state of the Western Zhou Dynasty, surnamed Ji, shigu. There is a man named Shujun who cultivates. Emperor Junsheng after Ji, Ji down to a hundred valleys. "
It is recorded in Guoyu · luyushang that "Xia Zhixing, which was abandoned by Zhou, was worshipped as Ji."
According to the records in Guoyu · luyushang, "in the past, the Lieshan family had the world, and its son, Zhu, could cultivate hundreds of grains and vegetables; in the summer, Zhou abandoned it, so he worshipped it as Ji." Wei Zhao noted that "the pillar is Houji, which has been worshipped since Xia Dynasty.". The book of rites, sacrificial rites, recorded the decline of summer.
In the 29th year of Zhaogong in Zuo Zhuan, "Zhou Qi was also Ji,
Zhou Benji in historical records: Zhou Houji is a famous poet. His mother was a Tai's daughter, named Jiang Yuan. Jiang was the imperial concubine of Yuan Dynasty. When Jiang Yuan came out of the field and saw the giant's trace, he said with a happy heart that he wanted to practice it and move like a pregnant woman. When they live in the forest, they are suitable for many people in the mountains and forests to move to; when they leave the canal on the ice, they are recommended by birds with their wings. Jiang thought he was a God, so he adopted Chang. The first time I wanted to abandon it, I called it abandonment. They have been worshipped since the Shang Dynasty. " Yin Benji in historical records quoted tanggao in Shangshu as a general designation of Dayu, gaotao and Houji as "three gongs" and evaluated them as "having worked outside for a long time, they have contributed to the people, and the people are safe."
Shangshu · Lvxing juxtaposes Boyi, Dayu and Houji as the "three empresses", and evaluates that "the success of the three empresses is only in favor of the people".
Commemoration of later generations
Jiaojiatai: the first of the four famous platforms in Guanzhong, located on the Bank of lacquer water outside the east gate of Wugong ancient city in Shaanxi Province, is the only ancient agricultural scenic spot in China, known as the world's earliest Institute of agricultural science and technology and the birthplace of China's agriculture. Jiaojiatai is a simple and elegant platform with four openings. It is said that this is the place where the people of Houji sect, the forefather of agriculture, worked. Later generations built this platform in memory of his achievements.
Wugong Town River Beach meeting: today's Wugong Town East River Beach material exchange meeting in Wugong County is an ancient meeting held to commemorate the farming of Houji people. It is held every year on the Qishui river beach in front of jiaojiatai from the 7th to 17th of November of the lunar calendar. Hetan fair is the only ancient agricultural demonstration base developed by Houji, the ancestor of Chinese agriculture, and also the largest grand event of agricultural materials commemorating Houji so far.
Houji Jiaojia Garden: Jiaojia garden is a modern leisure tourism park built with the design of Houji, the ancestor of farming, as the main line and the background of farming culture. In the design, it pursues simple, lively, long and simple visual effect; in the design style, it pursues simple and natural style; at the same time, it also increases participatory projects in the park to enhance the interest and entertainment of the park.
Houji Temple: it is located at Shangge temple on the top of Jishan mountain in the northwest of Wugong territory. Houji temple is a special sacrificial hall dedicated to Houji. Surrounded by mountains on three sides and overlooking from afar, the old city of martial arts has a clear layout of nine streets and eighteen lanes. The flow of people is like ants. All the buildings are rugged and unique. Look around the distance, mountains and valleys, eight roads, fields and trees at a glance.
Houji Award: it is an important award set up by the agricultural high level committee. In order to remember Houji's legacy of attaching importance to agriculture and his pioneering efforts for China's agricultural civilization, and promote the development of China's modern agriculture, this award of the agricultural high level committee is named Houji award. The purpose of setting up Houji award is to objectively and fairly select a number of outstanding new achievements and new products of agricultural high and new technology through the evaluation of application projects by relevant domestic experts, and award Houji award and special Houji award, so as to further occupy the domestic and foreign markets and accelerate the commercialization and industrialization of agricultural scientific and technological achievements. The evaluation of Houji award plays a positive role in promoting the transformation of agricultural scientific and technological achievements and the rapid occupation of domestic and foreign markets of agricultural products. In the first eight sessions, the awards of the association were called Houji gold awards. From the ninth session, they were renamed Houji awards, which were divided into Houji awards and Houji special awards.
