Sociological name. Also known as clan commune. That is, the social grass-roots unit formed by blood relationship is also the basic unit of social economy. Produced in the late Paleolithic period, clans could intermarry with each other. Basically throughout the Neolithic age. In the early days of clan society, matriarchal blood relationship, that is, matriarchal system, was called matriarchal clan society. At the end of the Neolithic Age, it gradually transformed into a patriarchal society with paternal blood as the link.

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From Beijingers to cavemen, human development has gone through hundreds of thousands of years. In addition to the continuous improvement of productivity, social relations are also changing. And production

With the development level of power, human beings have transitioned from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age, and ancient humans in China have entered the clan society.

matriarchal society

About 10000 years ago, human beings entered the matriarchal clan society. The so-called matriarchal clan means that all members of each clan have a common old grandmother, which is linked by matriarchal blood. In matriarchal society, women have more control over property than men, and clan families are built around women. "Lu Chunqiu" said: "In the past, there was no gentleman, but his people lived in groups. Anemarrhena asphodeloides has no idea about father, relatives, brothers, husband and wife, the difference between men and women, the way of going up and down, and the ceremony of advancing and retreating ",which refers to the situation of matriarchal society. Hemudu culture in Yuyao, Zhejiang, pre-Yangshao culture in Henan, Banpo culture in Xi 'an and Hongshan Culture in the northeast are all representatives of matriarchal social culture. Although gathering, fishing and hunting still occupy an important position in their economic life, the emergence of agriculture and aquaculture has changed their original lifestyle and become an epoch-making event in their economic life. Their handicraft industry has also made great achievements, especially the invention and production of pottery, which changed the dependence on natural objects for the first time and highlighted the wisdom and dawn of human civilization.

Patriarchal society

About 5,500 to 4,000 years ago, matrilineal clan society was replaced by paternal clan society, and ancient humans in China entered the patriarchal clan society. Since then, the era of male domination has begun. Yangshao culture in the later period, Dawenkou culture in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, Longshan culture in Shandong, Daxi culture in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and Liangzhu culture in the lower reaches are all representatives of patriarchal society and culture.

Patriarchal society is a new social and cultural system and one of the most profound changes in human history. This change was in line with the development of productive forces at that time. Due to the further development of agriculture and handicrafts, men's position and role in production are getting bigger and bigger, and the social center naturally deviates. Therefore, the development from matriarchal clan society to paternal clan society is inevitable for the development of social productive forces.

Beg. In patriarchal society, men's property rights and social status are higher than women's, and the family marriage relationship has also changed from "from wife's residence" to "from husband's residence" in matriarchal society. Naturally, children no longer belong to the matriarchal clan, but become members of the paternal clan and heirs of the father's property. In patriarchal society, with the development of social productive forces and the surplus of labor achievements, some people can occupy the labor achievements of others and use their own labor wealth to serve others, so the phenomenon of rich and poor appears and private property begins to sprout. The change of the disparity between the rich and the poor is the basis of class generation. In the later period of patriarchal society, clan society began to disintegrate and class society began to appear.