本文认为,在上古时代,炎帝神农确有其人,是南方炎人部族首领,由于对农业贡献巨大,被先民尊称为神农。炎帝神农出生在湖南,生活在湖南,安葬在湖南,是土生土长的湖南人。本文还论述了湖湘是中国农耕文化的发祥地之一,当代湖湘农耕文化的新篇章,弘扬农耕文化建设社会主义新农村。 This article argues that in ancient times, Yandi Shennong does have its own people, is the leader of the Southern Inflammatory Tribes. As a great contribution to agriculture, the ancestors known as Shennong. Yan Emperor Shen Nong was born in Hunan, living in Hunan, buried in Hunan, is a native of Hunan. This article also discusses that Huxiang is one of the cradles of China’s farming culture and a new chapter of contemporary Hunan farming culture, promoting farming culture and building a new socialist countryside.