In ancient times, people would have all kinds of sacrificial activities, on the one hand, to worship their ancestors, on the other hand, to hope that ancestors and gods could bless their descendants in their future lives. As a result, various important technical activities have emerged. And some sacrificial activities often evolve into traditional folk customs and culture.

Shehuo is a sacrificial activity.

The era of social fire can be traced back to a long time ago, which was gradually formed with the ancient sacrificial activities. In ancient times, human beings were in infancy and their productivity was extremely low. Primitive ancestors could neither resist nor understand human life and death, as well as the phenomena of many natural stars, such as the sun, the moon and famine. They can only fantasize about ruling it by supernatural forces, so they created all kinds of gods. When social production turned to farming, land became the basis of human survival, so there appeared a sacrificial activity in farming to pray for good weather, abundant crops or exorcise ghosts and diseases. Book of rites! "Sacrifice Law" contains: "* * * Gong's overlord Kyushu also, and his son Hou Tu can ping Kyushu, so he worships it as a society."

Social fire is a bumper harvest of grains.

Shehuo is a custom and culture, and it is also a traditional folk celebration and carnival in China Lantern Festival. Its appearance is related to the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the god of agriculture. "She" refers to the ancient land god. The ancients regarded the area of three kilometers in Fiona Fang as the area where Saturnalia was sacrificed, so there was a "society" in later administrative units. "Fire" is considered to have the function of expelling plague and evil spirits. When the plague and evil spirits are driven away, good luck and good luck will come, which reflects the ancient people's worship of fire. Therefore, the initial social fire was that people gathered around the fire, drumming, singing and dancing, with the aim of praying for good weather, good harvests, national security and everything going well.

Shehuo is a folk custom.

The activity of social fire is of great historical significance, which has been passed down from generation to generation. But with the progress of mankind and the evolution of the times, its form and content have undergone qualitative changes. The new era has given new content to the social fire that once disappeared halfway. It was not until the 1980s that the traditional folk entertainment of social fire was restored. At present, social fire has fundamentally abandoned the worship of "God" and ancestor worship, and evolved into a cultural and entertainment activity with healthy content, lively form, diverse names and vivid interest, and has gradually become a new folk activity.