According to legend, Shennong was originally one of the Three Emperors and was born in a cave in Lieshan. Due to his diligence and bravery, he was promoted to the position of tribal leader when he grew up. As his tribe lived in the hot south, he was known as the Yan tribe, and everyone called him Emperor Yan. Once he saw birds carrying seeds, which led to the invention of grain agriculture; He saw people getting sick, and then went to the wilderness of Duguang to climb trees and go to the Heavenly Emperor's Garden to fetch gemmy grass. However, he met the Heavenly Emperor who gave him a divine whip. With this whip, Shennong walked all the way from the wilderness of Duguang and whipped back to Lieshan. Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs and was poisoned multiple times, thanks to the detoxification of tea. Because he swore to taste all the grass, he passed away in the end because he tasted the Heartbroken Grass. To commemorate his kindness and achievements, people call him Shennong, worship him as the God of Medicine, and build a Medicine King Temple to worship him for four seasons. The original statue of Emperor Yan of Shennong was erected in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, and was created by the famous sculptor Qian Shaowu in 1998; The statue of Emperor Yan of Shennong, located on the lawn of Fengming Square in the western district of our university, was a replica donated by the People's Government of Changzhi City in Shanxi Province and the Shanxi Alumni Association of China Agricultural University on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the university in 2005. The purpose of this statue is to inspire students of China Agricultural University to be like Shennong, not daring to think of others, not daring to act for others, diligent and conscientious, and to step in their own footsteps on the road to strengthening agriculture and promoting agriculture.