A figure who is named for this substance was once left on a block of ice by his mother to abandon him; but a group of birds saved it by using their warm feathers.
A figure who is named for this substance was once left on a block of ice by his mother to abandon him; but a group of birds saved it by using their warm feathers. That culture hero who brought this substance to mankind had an original name of Qi meaning ";The Abandoned,"; and was born after Jiang Yuan was impregnated by stepping into the giant footprint of Shangdi. In another story, when Cangjie invented writing, it was said that this substance fell from the sky like rain from heaven. A ";Lord of"; it named Houji is believed to have founded the Zhou Dynasty. An episode named for this foodstuff ends with a character being told ";This is the way of all flesh"; after imagining that he has passed his civil service exam, has been betrayed, and isabout to kill himself. That ";dream"; episode of Lu Dongbin is named for the ";yellow"; kind of this food. For 10 points, name this grain that, unlike rice, was cultivated in northern China. 
A figure who is named for this substance was once left on a block of ice by his mother to abandon him; but a group of birds saved it by using their warm feathers.
millet [accept foxtail  millet; accept  sorghum; prompt on "grain" until it is read; prompt on "food" until "foodstuff" is read]