狩猎,也称田猎,早在原始社会就已出现,它是人类最早掌握的谋生技能之一。后来,随着生产力的发展,农作物收成的提高,狩猎逐渐由以猎取食物为主开始向军事训练和休闲娱乐方面转变。狩猎活动因其刺激性、休闲性和娱乐性而为历代统治阶级所喜爱,久而久之,便形成了一套完整的礼制。《周礼》中就有君王四季田猎(分别称作春蒐、夏苗、秋狝、冬狩)的记载。到了唐代,社会的稳定,经济的发展,文化的繁荣,使狩猎活动更受社会各阶层的欢迎,狩猎因而也成为当时艺术家 Hunting, also known as hunting, has appeared in primitive society. It is one of earliest earning skills people have. Later, with the development of productive forces and the improvement of crop yields, hunting gradually shifted from hunting food mainly to military training and recreation. Hunting activities are loved by the ruling classes of successive generations for their excitability, leisure and entertaining. Over time, they form a complete set of courtesy. “Zhou Li” there are four seasons hunting king (respectively referred to as spring search, summer seedlings, autumn 狝, winter hunting) records. By the Tang Dynasty, social stability, economic development and cultural prosperity made hunting more popular with all walks of life. Hunting thus became the artist