根据一则古老的传说:在四千多年前,我们中华民族有一位叫神农氏的圣哲,为了寻找可以充当粮食的植物,曾经履历了“尝百草之实,察酸苦之味”、“一日而遇七十毒”的艰险历程,最后才在莽莽荒野之中,选择出了黍、稷、菽、麦、稻等五种谷物,于是世界上才开始有了“五谷”。这个传说,把故事的主人翁——神农氏描写得太神奇了,现在当然再也没有人会相信。可是在讨论稻谷起源时,把它和汉族祖先奋不顾身的努力联系起来,到颇为确切。让我们就此作一番溯源. According to an ancient legend: In the more than four thousand years ago, we, the Chinese nation, had a sacred philosophy called Shennong. In order to find plants that could serve as food, we had a curriculum vitae of “ ”, “ Meet the seventy poisonous days ”the difficult journey, finally only in the vast wilderness, choose millet, millet, millet, wheat, rice and other five kinds of cereal, so the world began to have “Grain”. This legend, the owner of the story - Shen Nong’s description of the amazing, and now of course no one will believe it. However, in discussing the origins of paddy, it is quite certain that it be linked to the unrelenting efforts of the Han ancestors. Let us make some traces of this.