I heard that there is a Teng in China. What is Teng?

Yes, Chinese surnames all have totems. Wang Xing's totems are as follows:

One of China's surnames mainly comes from Ji's surname, partly from Zi's surname, Gui's surname and the change of minority's surname.

The king is composed of three horizontal lines and one vertical line, with three horizontal lines representing heaven, earth and people, and one vertical line connecting heaven, earth and people. This is the only philosophy that heaven, earth and people should be under the control of the "king".

In ancient times, the supreme ruler of Xia, Shang and Zhou was called "Wang". As a surname, "Wang" comes from the supreme position of "Wang"; Ji Jin in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was the ancestor of Wang Xing.

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Totem culture:

1. Totem on painted pottery: Painted pottery pattern is one of the most striking arts in Neolithic Age. The animal lines inside are particularly rich.

Common patterns are fish pattern, bird pattern, gecko pattern, frog pattern, pig pattern, sheep pattern and so on. , distributed in the Central Plains of China Yellow River Basin and Weihe River Basin.

Painted pottery products with animal patterns were left in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the Daxia River and the northwest of the Weihe River basin. Fish pattern is one of the most common images. The painted pottery basin with fish pattern in China is a good example.

2. Dragon worship is a special phenomenon that has lasted for thousands of years in the history of China.

In the eyes of China people, dragons have extraordinary abilities. It has scales and horns, teeth and claws. It can dive into the water and hibernate. He has natural forces, can make clouds and rain, and can thunder and lightning. Regarding the image of the dragon, no matter ancient or modern, no exact image is given.

The dragon image that people now represent is the perfect form of the dragon image. What was the original image of the dragon? Snakes. There are three main examples, one is ancient books, the other is historical records, and the third is the habit of mentioning both dragons and snakes.

Where did the dragon we created today come from? According to earlier and more reliable ancient documents, in ancient times, there were some famous tribes in China.

Among them, the most famous ones are Yan Di tribe and Huangdi tribe in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, Shao Hao tribe in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and Tai Hao tribe in the Jianghuai valley. Historically, the leader of the Yan Di tribe was called "the bull's head", so some scholars thought that the Yan Di tribe took the cow as its totem.

However, according to the surname "Jiang", it can be considered that the surname is matriarchal and Jiang is Qiang, so the matriarchal totem is sheep. The Yellow Emperor, according to Liezi Huangdi, said: "The Yellow Emperor and Yan Di fought in the wild of Hanquan, handsome bears, wolves and leopards. The tiger is the forerunner, and the eagle, eagle and kite are the flags. "

Yan Di and Huangdi belong to the Chinese nation; Shao Hao tribe and Tai Hao tribe belong to Dongyi nationality. Shao Hao tribe takes birds as totems, while Tai Hao tribe takes dragons as totems.

In ancient times, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River where Tai Hao tribes lived had a warm climate, and most of the vegetation kept its original pattern, and poisonous snakes and beasts could be seen everywhere.

Seven or eight thousand years ago, people made stone tools and used collective strength to kill wild animals, but there was nothing they could do about the poisonous snakes that existed in the jungle and could survive on the banks of swamps. Fear worships snakes as gods.

3. The totem of the gourd: The myth of the gourd has also spawned various legends, the most famous of which is Pangu's creation of the world. It is said that when Pangu was born, when his body stretched out, the sky rose and the earth collapsed. At the junction of heaven and earth, Pangu held a chisel in his left hand and an axe in his right.

Or chopping or chiseling with an axe is a kind of divine power. For a long time, the heavens and the earth are divided, and the two gases rise and fall. The clear is the sky, the turbid is the ground, and it is the beginning of turbidity. What is the relationship between Pangu and gourd totem?

Liu Yaohan, an expert in Yi language, pointed out in On Chinese Gourd Culture that Pangu is a gourd and Pangu's plate is a gourd. Ancient-meaning the beginning, the so-called Pangu, that is, "starting from the gourd."

Yan Fu, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, introduced the word "totem" into China. He translated the word "totem" into "totem" for the first time when he translated the book "General Interpretation of Society" by the British scholar Jenks, which became a commonly used translation name in China academic circles.

Yan Fu pointed out in his comments that totem is a symbol of groups, aiming at distinguishing groups. It is believed that there were totem phenomena similar to those of Australians and Indians in ancient China.

Using totem to explain myths, classics and folk customs can often get the same result. So, what is a totem? Totem is a primitive superstition that animals or natural things are related to the clan, so it is used as the emblem or symbol of the clan.

1. Mystery of life: Whether the custom of seeking children is based on reproductive worship or worship of gods, its purpose is a personified supernatural force to make women give birth.

Adult ceremony: Ritual is based on the concept that people and totems can be transformed into each other. Love etiquette: the communication between men and women forms certain norms, and on this basis, the corresponding marriage system and certain marriage customs are produced.

At the same time, the religious concepts and totem consciousness of some ethnic groups have also penetrated into the wedding. A very important manifestation of totem is to prohibit intermarriage between the same totem group.

Newlyweds and wine glasses were also related to totems for a while; It is said that this ceremony symbolizes that the couple come from a gourd like Fuxi Nuwa, and their souls will all belong to the same gourd after their death. Souls come and go: burning wreaths and everything.

2. Totem Festival: Bird Festival in California, USA; Giant's Day in Paris; China Guangxi Frog Festival; Dragon Boat Festival in China (fishermen avoid crocodiles in the river)

3. Totem calendars: there are bird calendars, animal calendars, water calendars and wooden calendars. The Ganzhi calendar of the Han nationality is very famous, and it has been recorded in the Yellow Calendar since at least the Tang Dynasty.

Han nationality: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig.

Mongolians: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

Kazakhs: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

Uighurs: rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, fish, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

Dai people: elephants, cows, tigers, rats, dragons, snakes, horses, ants, apes, chickens, dogs and pigs.

Yi people in Guixi: dragon, phoenix, horse, ant, human, chicken, dog, pig, sparrow, cow, tiger and snake.

Yi people in Ailaoshan: tiger, rabbit, pangolin, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig, mouse and cow.

Li nationality in Maodao village, Tongshi, Hainan: rats, cows, insects, rabbits, dragons, fish, meat, people, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

Ancient India: rats, cows, lions, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

Babylon: cats, dogs, snakes, dung beetles, donkeys, lions, rams, bulls, falcons, monkeys, crocodiles and flamingos.

Ancient Egypt: yak, goat, lion, donkey, crab, snake, dog, cat, crocodile, flamingo, ape, eagle.

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