Why do primitive cultures have a lot of fertility worship?

In ancient times, due to low productivity.

Population, like food, is a symbol of wealth and power. The emphasis on reproduction and sex has made sexual culture deeply penetrate into every field.

Sex worship includes genital worship, sexual intercourse worship and genital worship.

Different types of pottery ancestors unearthed in various places reflect the ancient phenomenon of male sexual worship.

The left side of the character "ancestor" is the symbol of god, and the character "Qie" on the right side is the pictogram of male genitals.

Therefore, the original meaning of words with "and" around them is related to gender.

Primitive people deified the genitals and believed that they were a symbol of divine power and magic.

They worshiped the Jade God, Tao Zu, Shi Zu, etc., that is, male genitalia made of jade, pottery, and stone. To this day, some ethnic minorities still hang Mu Zu, Jade Zu, and Bronze Zu to ward off evil spirits. The ancients often regarded fields, rivers, and the earth as

It is a symbol of the vulva and women. It is believed that intercourse between men and women is like sowing seeds in the fields. When sacrificing the land, women's utensils and menstrual blood should be placed. Women go to the fields to give birth, thinking that the childbirth will be smooth and the harvest will be abundant.

Similarly, erecting a huge penis (sometimes replaced by a column or tower) in the field symbolizes the intercourse between men and women, the harmony of yin and yang, which can lead to smooth weather, fertile land, and high yields and harvests.

The custom of sacrificial burial was prevalent in ancient China. After the death of an imperial noble, his maids, concubines, slaves, dogs and horses were required to be buried, and their possessions (private property) were to go to the underworld with him and continue to be enjoyed by him.

Sacrifice and burial can be divided into two types: life-sacrifice, that is, burial alive, and killing-sacrifice, which means killing and then returning to the owner.

Burial, no matter what kind of burial, is very cruel.

This practice was not only inhumane, but also severely damaged social productivity. Therefore, later on, pottery figurines were gradually used to replace living people with social productivity.

So after death, pottery figurines were gradually used.

It is worth noting that the pottery figurines unearthed from the mausoleum have a lot of Yin energy, which symbolizes power, can ward off evil spirits, and has the significance of genital worship, so the pottery figurines are likely to be tomb guardian gods.