学术界对红山文化陶筒形器的功能有多种分析,该文认为陶筒形器有成排立置、组成一个圆界或方界、围合一个空间的基本用途,围坛为社为其基本社会功能。陶筒形器及其培育的植物为祭物,其使用和演变过程反映了坛社、稷社及其观念的产生。陶筒形器开创了一个伟大的新时代,直接承接它的是完整意义的国家。陶筒形器是红山文化的重器,它讲述的是国家产生前夜的最精彩的故事。 The academic community has many kinds of analyzes on the functions of the Hongshan culture pottery cylinder. This paper holds that the pottery drums are arranged in a row and form a circle or square, enclosing the basic use of a space, For its basic social function. Pottery drums and their cultivated plants as sacrifices, their use and evolution reflects the altar community, millet community and the concept of generation. Pottery Tao created a great new era, directly to undertake it is the full meaning of the country. Pottery is a heavyweight Hongshan culture, it tells the story of the country produced the most wonderful eve of the day.