Portrait of Shennong from the Ancestral Hall of the Wu Clan
Eastern Han Dynasty
Found in the mural on the west wall of the Wuliang Ancestral Hail, Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province, built in AD 151. Five such stones survive. Shennong is the one with a jinxiang cap on his head, holding a spade like is (an ancient Chinese farm tool) in his hand to prepare the earth for planting. (Collection of Shandong Provincial Museum.)