Grandfather grew the first crops from the land.
From this, countless delicacies emerged.
It shaped the Chinese palate, always watching over Chinese people at home and abroad.
Five thousand years ago, the Flame Emperor Shennong planted the first grains in Suizhou’s Lieshan, nurturing thousands of Chinese flavors and sustaining generations of Chinese people.
Five thousand years later, descendants of the Flame Emperor spread across the world, taking root everywhere. No matter how far they go, what their stomachs long for is always the taste of grandfather’s bowl of rice.
On June 11, the World Chinese Seeking Roots Festival at the Hometown of the Flame Emperor, in the Bingwu Year, will be held in Suizhou, Hubei. This family reunion feast spanning five thousand years awaits wanderers from all directions to return and attend.
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Grandfather’s Epic Spoiling of His Descendants
Five thousand years ago, on the land of Lieshan in Suizhou, a “grandfather” was busy cooking a special meal for the entire clan—
He carved wood into plows and bent wood into handles: inventing the earliest farming tools, leading the clan away from the era of relying on nature for food gathering.
He taught farming: personally guiding the early people to identify grains and select seeds, making “going hungry” no longer a daily norm.
He tasted hundreds of herbs: sampling the sweetness and bitterness of plants for future generations, discovering medicinal herbs to heal the sick and protect the clan’s health.
He cultivated five grains: domesticating wild rice, millet, foxtail millet, wheat, and beans into crops, providing the Chinese nation with stable “food security.”
This “grandfather” is the Flame Emperor Shennong. With a plow and a handful of grains, he ignited the spark of Chinese civilization in the wilderness, giving us a shared name—descendants of the Flame Emperor.
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Your Chinese Palate
Always Remembers Its Roots
|| Flame Emperor Shennong Scenic Area
Do you still remember?
The first bowl of rice porridge you ate as a child, the steaming New Year’s Eve dinner on the table during the holidays—all trace back to Lieshan five thousand years ago.
Over the years, you’ve eaten sandwiches in office buildings in Manhattan, New York, Australian steak by the sea in Sydney, and English tea in the rainy weather of London…
Your tongue has tasted countless flavors, but what your heart cherishes most is always that familiar taste of home—
That taste is the code written into your DNA by grandfather five thousand years ago: “Five grains nourish; come home to eat.”
No matter how high you fly or how far you go—your stomach always knows the direction, and your DNA always remembers the way back.
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Bloodline Awakening
Coming Home Needs No Reason
|| Flame Emperor Shennong Grand Hall
On June 11, the ceremony to pay homage to the Flame Emperor Shennong in the Bingwu Year will be held in Suizhou. This is not an ordinary ritual, but a family reunion feast that has been awaited for five thousand years.
Why must you return?
Because the words “descendants of the Flame Emperor” have never been just a title.
It is a relay of cultivation passed down through five thousand years of fire and light, a bloodline warmth that breaks down defenses with the simple phrase “come home to eat.”
From the first grain to today’s full banquet; from the first spark to the countless hearths of human life—
Grandfather’s table always has a place reserved for descendants of the Flame Emperor.
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This Family Feast
Has Never Ended in Five Thousand Years
|| Flame Emperor Shennong Temple
Year after year, we cross mountains and seas to seek our roots here, for the reunion of our souls.
Year after year, we come with reverence to honor our ancestors, grateful for their blessings on all living beings.
On June 11, whether you come from anywhere
