Poetry culture originates from witchcraft.

Whether in China or abroad, the origin of poetry culture can be traced back to ancient witchcraft, and the unique performance of witchcraft is the song and dance ceremony. In China's ancient books, there happened to be a "stone-beating" in the Shundi period, and all animals danced at the speed of singing Jiu Shao. "(the first year of Zhushu Tongzhi Shundi) Yesterday, Ge people, three people fucked oxtail and stepped on Song. "("Lu Chunqiu Ancient Music ")" Emotion moves in China, and form is in words. The words are not satisfactory, so I lament it and lament the lack, so I sing forever, sing forever, and jump at a loss. " (Shang Bo's Preface to the Justice of Mao Poems) Break the bamboo and continue it, flying the soil and eating its meat. "(Yuejueshu) and so on. This just shows that China's poetry culture began in ancient times. Lu Xun's Talk on Foreign Languages claims to be a school of "sailing on the sea", which means to advocate the theory of "labor creation". This is for oral creation, not bad. Many nationalities in the world have also experienced a long epic stage, such as Hiliath in ancient Greece, Odyssey, Mahabharata in ancient India, Ramayana, Nibelungen Song by Goode, Igor Expedition in ancient Russia, King Gelsall of Tibetans and Mongolians in China, etc.

The wisdom of the people in Shang dynasty was not open, and people and gods were mixed. Everything in life and society depended on divination. The result of divination needs to be recorded, which is the origin of Oracle Bone Inscriptions's sacrifice. The ritual of divination is often accompanied by singing and dancing, which will affect the musicality of Oracle, which may be the origin of China's poetry.