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Leaders and guests were present at the ceremony

Opening ceremony

Opening ceremony

Shennong Baicao Garden Opening Ceremony of Anren was launched on March 19, 2012. County leaders and some honored guests attended this opening ceremony. Deputy secretary of Anren County Party Committee-Li Xiaojun hosted the ceremony.

Anren was the place where Shennong tasted various Chinese herbal medicine and it is honored with "Shennong's hometown, South China's medicine city" with its long term traditional medicine culture. There is a famous saying: "medicine is irregular if not arriving at Anren; medicine is useless if not present in Anren; doctor is not famous if not coming to Anren".It was said that Shennong once "picked tea in Nine Dragons Temple, cooked in the Hall of  "Xianghuo" and enlightened people in Fragrant Lawn" within Anren area, for which the descendants built a temple in memory of him. Worshippers started to come here continuously. And then there were gradually some people doing herbal medicine business, selling rattan ropes etc., especially the Chinese herbal medicine trade. It has become acommon rule since Song dynasty that the first three days and the last three days should be taken as the days of offering sacrifices to Shennong, which was called GanFenshe- Shennong Vernal Equinox Medicine Day. Till now, this unique folk-custom festival has been 1000 years of history and was listed in the first batch of Hunan intangible Cultural Heritages.

In order to forge "South China's medicine city" brand, Anren Party Committee and Anren Government successfully introduced Xiangzhong Chinese Herbal Medicine Trade Co, Ltd. into Anren. 50 million yuan was invested to set up Chinese medicine technology building and Chinese medicine tablet factory, and 20 million yuan in exploring Shennong Chinese Herbal Medicine Garden with 3000 mu. There are more than one hundred kinds of Chinese herbal medicine specified as woody, herbal, bush, and fungus areas available in the garden. Shenong Baicao Garden was named to commemorate Shennong's spirit and courage. With its unique layouts, elegant environment and fresh air, the garden becomes a green oxygen bar and epitome of ecological Anren.