The Book of Qi Yao Min was written in the late Northern Wei Dynasty. It is a comprehensive agricultural work written by Jia Sixie, one of the earliest agricultural works in the world and the earliest existing agricultural book in China. The agricultural situation in the lower reaches of the Yellow River in China was recorded in detail, and the production technology knowledge of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and deputy departments was explained in detail.
Qi Yao Min Shu is a book written for the departments of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the northern Yellow River basin. Therefore, its reference significance for the north is much higher than that for the south. Although this book has been written for 1000 years, The Book of Qi Yaomin is still helpful to our modern agriculture. This paper not only introduces the planting of crops, but also introduces in detail the deep processing steps of agricultural and sideline products, making food processing and making daily necessities.
Although the Book of Qi Yaomin was written in the late Northern Wei Dynasty, it is still of great significance to our agricultural production. Although the production of various agricultural products in the book is no longer feasible in today's society, the observation of weather and farming time at that time is still useful for the current crop production, which can help farmers better understand the cultivation of crops. Qi's Yao Min Shu also has great cultural significance. Can let us know about the culture of ancient crops. For example, through Qi Shu, we can know that as early as the Northern Wei Dynasty, people used microorganisms to make agricultural and sideline products such as wine and soy sauce.
Although with the development of society, many contents in Qi Yaomin's Book can't be used, as the crystallization of predecessors' wisdom, it still has guiding significance for our crop production.