1. In ancient legend, a man called Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs and cured thousands of people.
2. He lived in a time of warfare as the declining House of Shennong was unable to stop the feudal lords from fighting.
3. Hence the name Shennongjia, meaning the " Ladder of Shennong ".
4. Shennong is best known as the writer of one of the first Materia Medica.
5. The oration ended with a salute before the group entered the Shennong Hall to worship the Emperor's statue and appreciate murals carved in the walls.
6. In ancient times, people of the eastern tribes and the Shennong ethnic minorities used dragon as their totem.
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7. The largest karst cave of Shennong Stream also lies within this section.