Women led the Agricultural Revolution

據考古學家報道，在今日山西碧村及陝西西安附近有多個新石器時代的農村。村民尊崇婦女，原因在於婦女是農耕先鋒。男獵女釆，婦女成為野生食用植物的專家，繼而試栽試種，造就人類的農業革命。神農氏當是蛾眉而非須眉。以農立國之功首推女性, 男權社會實有僭奪女神農氏後冠之嫌。

 

神農莫道是仙翁，百草嬌嚐第一功。

狩獵英雄奔化外，耕耘健婦定關中。

碧村長愛炊煙白，黃土乍驚桃陌紅。

春抱夢來秧萬畝，千秋金稻國香風。

（平水韻七律 ）

 

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Women led the Agricultural Revolution

 

The first Chinese farmers turned out to be women. Indeed, archeological findings indicate that women in the Neolithic (New Stone) Age did enjoy a high status in northern China. They were honored and even deified in the millet-farming villages around today's Xian.

 

While their men were occupied with hunting, Neolithic women were free to forage for edible plants. Individually or collectively, they got inspired and made a quantum leap to the groundbreaking idea of farming. Domesticating wild plants, they effectively moved their food sources incredibly close to their dwellings. Village life would soon settle in as a norm, followed by nation-building. 

 

Neolithic women brought about the Agricultural Revolution. Shennong is a goddess.

 

 

紉秋蘭原創

 

 

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