What is Teng of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi?

The totem of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi is mainly frog totem.

Many things in Zhuang folk are closely related to frogs, such as frog-shaped decorations on bronze drums, frog-shaped figures on murals and frog dance in sacrifices. There are also many stories and legends about frogs among the Zhuang people, and even a special "Maide Festival" has been set up, which generally lasts from the beginning of the year to the second day of February, and is one of the larger festivals among the Zhuang people.

Zhuang people also have frog festival. It is said that in the first half of the first month of each year, frogs are sacrificed, frog songs are sung and frog dances are performed every day. The frog died and was buried specially.

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The idea that the ancestors of Zhuang nationality worshipped frogs came from the living conditions at that time to a great extent. Luoyuezhuang people have lived by the water since ancient times. In order to adapt to this geographical environment, the Zhuang people take rice production as the main mode of production, which is also an important way for them to thrive for a long time. For the Zhuang people, a bumper harvest of rice is their greatest hope.

In ancient times, when labor productivity was low, people had to rely on the sky for food. This also means that the harvest of Zhuang rice mainly depends on the favorable weather. There is a proverb in Zhuang nationality: "Frogs croak and heavy rain comes". In the eyes of the ancestors of Zhuang nationality, frogs croak, accompanied by spring rain. Every year when frogs croak, heavy rain is bound to follow.

In this regard, people think that frogs must have some connection with heaven, have magical power, can predict the arrival of rainy season, and have the ability to control rain and drought and flood. Because of this cognition, people's respect for frogs is more natural. People sacrifice frogs for good weather. It can be said that in the social background of rice civilization, frogs were a kind of spiritual support for people at that time to some extent.

In addition, the worship of frogs by Zhuang people is also related to the ancient reproductive worship. Zhuang people call frogs "duck turtles", which means "grandma frog", from which it is not difficult to see people's respect for frogs. In the social environment at that time, the prosperity of the people directly determined the rise and fall of this nation.

Therefore, people want to be well-fed and well-fed, but also hope that their nation can become increasingly prosperous. After discovering the frog's powerful reproductive ability, people undoubtedly found spiritual comfort.

People began to worship frogs to reproduce, and regarded frogs as the gods in charge of reproduction. In an attempt to gain the protection of the frog god through sacrifice, inherit the frog's vigorous reproductive ability and achieve the goal of getting rich. People's incomparable reverence and worship for the frog god is not only the embodiment of frog worship, but also people's expectation for life reproduction.

Frog worship culture is an important part of Zhuang traditional culture. It has not been eliminated in the long history of Zhuang language development, but has been endowed with new connotations with the changes of the times. No matter how the world develops and changes, the frog worship culture of Zhuang nationality is still passed down from generation to generation and is more and more deeply rooted in people's hearts. Frogs are always sacred in the hearts of Zhuang people.

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