天文学萌芽于原始社会时期。狩猎和农业的发展,使人们把季节的变迁,农事活动,逐渐同星空的变化,月亮的盈缺等天文现象联系起来。早期天文学的内容,就是观天象以定季节,简称观象授时。当时人类征服自然的力量还很薄弱,人们把许多自然现象和自然灾害归之于神的作为,对之顶礼膜拜,宗教和最初 Astronomy germinated in primitive society. Hunting and agricultural development, so that the seasonal changes, agricultural activities, and gradually changes in the sky, the moon’s deficit and other astronomical phenomena linked. The content of early astronomy, is the concept of astronomy to set the season, referred to as the image granted. At that time, the power of mankind to conquer nature was still very weak. Many people attribute many natural phenomena and natural disasters to God’s actions, worshiping religion, and the beginning