Altar Scroll of Emperor Shen Nong (神農大帝神龕圖)

In here, you all will be seeing a Picture of an Altar Scroll dedicated to Emperor Shen Nong (神農大帝) aka Master of the Five Grains (五穀神君 in the Scroll, you will see that Shen Nong was accompanied by a few little kids, each holding on to a different type of Plants, such as Corn, Wheat, Rice, Radish & Peanuts).

Shen Nong, not only being honoured as the Founder of the Edible Grains but also, the Founder of Chinese Herbs & Medicine and this is why, in the later part of our Chinese History, in Folks Belief, Shen Nong was also being addressed as Bai Yao Di Jun (百藥帝君) aka Emperor of the Hundreds of Chinese Herbs.

For this Altar Scroll, it is normally being placed in the Home Altar of Farmers & those who do business associated with Rice or Grains.

Every Year, on the Manifestation Anniversary of Shen Nong (神農聖誕) or after 25th Day of Lunar 12 Month (農曆臘月廿五日後), the Taoists or Chinese will change a New Scroll dedicating to Emperor Shen Nong.

Now in China, Counties in Hokkien Province are still practising this. Especially Villages in Teochew County (潮州) and Fu Zhou City (福州市).

For more Info of Shen Nong, you may wished to visit the following link:

http://javewu.multiply.com/photos/album/118

For High Res Picture of this Scroll, please proceed to this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/taoism_deity_singapore_2007/photos/album/252231212/pic/list