Discovery And Research On The Sacrificial Remains Of Songze And Liangzhu Culture In The Area Around Taihu Lake

The standard of living of primitive human,in general,is relatively low.They can not interpret many natural phenomenons by scientific means,and believe everything was manipulated by the deities.In the result,people want to eliminate disasters and get a good fortune.They use different sacrifice rituals for different deities.For example,burning firewood for the deities who live in the sky,burying for the deities who live in the underworld,and so on.Different remains manifest the class of people,indicating that human in prehistoric era had already leveled their society by using the ritualized sacrifice.This article consists of five parts.The first chapter introduce the remains of sacrifice about Songze Culture and Liangzhu Culturearound Taihu,and analyzed the differences and similarities about the remains.The second chapter introduce the sacrificing object of burying remains and its connotation,consisting animal sacrifice like dog and pig,human sacrifice.The third chapter introduce the sacrificing object of burning sacrifice,and its connotation.The forth chapter introduce the hierarchy manifested by the remains,different classes use different sacrifice rituals and they can not use rituals which not match their status.And analyze the connotation of alter.The fifth chapter was about the host of sacrifice ritual-necromancer,and the function about sacrifice ritual.The sacrifice ritual may enlarging the structure of Liangzhu Culture society,classifying the society hierarchy.