中国人用壶至少已有万年历史,用陶制壶前曾长期使用葫芦,制作陶壶也有六七千年传统。“壶”的音义理念即从葫芦演化而来,从“壶”这个象形字即可见一斑:“洹子孟姜壶”铭文就是一只系绳的“压腰葫芦”。“觞仲多壶”铭文则是置于座垫上的一只“瓢葫芦”,这字中间的“(?)”,据闻一多说是“(?)”象剖匏之形,下有(?)为基址”(座垫)。闻一多曾详论创始中华文明的伏牺女娲:“二人本皆谓葫芦的化身,即男葫芦,女匏(?)”。(女葫芦)(详见闻一多全集《神话与诗·伏牺考》一文)这种原始信仰不仅是汉族祈子“绵绵瓜瓞”观念的来源,也是许多少数民族创世与生民信仰的滥 Chinese people have used pots for at least 10,000 years, and pottery pots have long been used for gourd making pots. There are also six or seven thousand years of traditional pottery pottery making. The phonetic concept of “Kettle” evolved from the gourd. From the pictograph of “Kettle”, it can be seen that the inscription of “Gezi Kengzi” is a “girdle” of a tether. The inscription of “觞 仲多多 壶” is a “calabash” placed on the seat cushion. The word “(?)” In the middle of the word means “(?)” (?) As the base “(seat cushion.) Wen Yiduo had discussed in detail the founding of the Chinese civilization vase sacrifice:” The two are the embodiment of gourd, that is, male hyacinth, Nu Wa (?). Gourd) (see Wen Yiduo complete collection of “myth and poetry Vuxing test,” a text) This primitive belief is not only a source of the concept of “Qionglaiqiu” of the Han nationality prayer, but also a lot of minority ethnic beliefs