原创平水韵七律 神农莫道是仙翁，百草娇尝第一功。 狩猎英雄奔化外，耕耘健妇定关中。 碧村长爱炊烟白，黄土乍惊桃陌红。 春抱梦来秧万畝，千秋金稻国香风。 *** Women led the Agricultural Revolution The first Chinese farmers turned out to be women. Shennong ought to be a goddess. Indeed, archeological findings indicate that women in the Neolithic (New Stone) Age did enjoy a high status in northern China. They were honored and even deified in the millet-farming villages around today's Xian about 9,000 years ago. While their men were occupied with hunting, Neolithic women were free to forage for edible plants. Individually or collectively, they got inspired and made a quantum leap to the groundbreaking idea of farming. Domesticating wild plants, they effectively moved their food sources incredibly close to their dwellings. Village life would soon settle in as a norm, followed by nation-building. We must thank Neolithic women for the Agricultural Revolution, which ushered in civilizations known and unknown. Shennong is a goddess. Author: Lingyang Jiang
that Shennong is a goddess.