An Observation Of The Social Mentality Mainly Based On Exorcizing Demons By Erotic Figures

The meaning of life is in stories which are a way to experience life as they are told. Old countrymen who are illiterate can feel life from telling stories which contain the hardships of life and what is good, what is bad. Telling stories is an inner way to influence people's thoughts and actions which gradually disappears with the development of society. The gradual disappearance of telling stories in the country expresses the great change of society. Culture is in different styles as stories have different contents. Erotic figures are a static statue of history with inexhaustible meanings which come from upper class into daily life of lower class. The stereotype of obscenity of erotic figures is purified from being given names, and new meaning, new usages are given to erotic figures. This object is disciplined by word games. It is called Yanshengci, Bihuotu, Yaxiangdi, or Hushu. It is used to anti-Wangqi, to anti-fire, to anti-dragons, to anti-thunders, to protect children, to protect the home, to anti-borers, to anti-theft, to get rid of demons. Secret erotic figures go into daily life. It looks like that the new usages have no relationships with the obscenity of erotic figures. In fact they share the same cultural background:about sex, body, women, and man itself. The divinity of objects is from the divinity of human beings. Erotic figures with attached meanings tell the story of man. The ordinary objects in daily life are the best existence of history. Return to daily life will touch the sound of history.