Legendary Cult - Archery Hero

The so-called intelligence and outstanding are called heroes, and the courage and strength are called heroes. This should be the general understanding of heroes by ancient people. In primitive society, due to low productivity, human beings' ability to resist natural disasters was extremely limited or extremely weak. Therefore, the heroes in people's minds at that time should be "able to reach the moon in the sky" and catch turtles in the five oceans. Therefore, the historical legend of "Yi Shooting Nine Suns" appeared in archery activities!

"Huainanzi·Ben Jingxun": When Yao arrived, ten suns came out at the same time. Burnt crops, killed grass and trees, and the people had nothing to eat. Yali, Zaochi, Jiuying, Dafengxiu Snake were all harmful to the people. Yao ordered Yi to kill Zaochi in the field of Chouhua, kill Jiuying on the evil water, capture Dafeng in the swamp of Qingqiu, shoot ten suns in the sky, kill Yali in the sky, cut Xiushe in Dongting, and capture Fengxi in Mulberry Forest. All the people were happy and made Yao the emperor. The general meaning of this passage is that during the reign of Emperor Yao, ten suns appeared in the sky, which scorched all the grass and trees in the farms, and there were many other disasters. Emperor Yao sent Yi to eliminate the harm for the people. Yi shot nine suns and eliminated other disasters.

The spiritual status of archery in ancient times
In primitive society, archery was regarded as an omnipotent superpower. The ability to shoot nine suns showed the high degree of spiritual recognition, which should be related to the backward production tools and low productivity at that time.

The beginning of worship
There should be many excellent archers in primitive society, and their social status should be relatively high, and they should be loved by people. Hou Yi should be just one of the incarnations. Because in fact, the Dongyi people Pan, Zhang Hui, Yi, etc. reflected in ancient books are all the names of some primitive tribal chiefs who were good at archery at that time. Due to their high social status and deification, the initial phenomenon of hero worship appeared.

Value embodiment
Hero worship is actually the current idol worship. That is, the "fan phenomenon, which is a basic attribute of human society. Although hero worship is often an over-interpreted cultural illusion and an overload of value demands, the archery hero worship phenomenon in primitive society is undoubtedly also conducive to promoting the popularization of archery and the improvement of technical skills.