What are the four elephants in traditional Chinese culture?

It is the four elephant totems.

1, the blue dragon

Also known as "Canglong". The dragon is the totem of the Chinese nation, since the Yellow Emperor authorized the sky, the might of the four directions, the dragon has become a symbol of the Chinese nation and even China as a whole. In the legend, the green dragon body like a long snake, unicorn head, carp tail, face with long whiskers, horns like a deer, with five claws, looks mighty.

2, White Tiger

God of war, the god of killing, symbolizing the mighty and the army, so a lot of ancient places with the white tiger's name are related to the military affairs, such as the ancient army of the white tiger flag and military symbols on the image of the white tiger. It is widely believed that the white tiger has many divine powers such as avoiding evil spirits, avoiding disasters, praying for abundance and punishing evil and promoting goodness, making wealth and good fortune, and tying the knot of good fortune.

The Origin of the Green Dragon

The Green Dragon, originated from the ancient star worship. In ancient China, the stars in the sky were divided into seven major star regions, namely, the "Three Walls" and the "Four Elephants". The "Three Walls" are "Ziwei Wall", symbolizing the imperial palace; "Taiwei Wall", symbolizing the administrative institutions; "Tianshi Wall", symbolizing the prosperous markets. Symbolizing the busy market. These three walls are arranged in a triangular shape around the North Star.

In the "three walls" peripheral distribution of the "four elephants": "East Canglong, West White Tiger, South Vermilion Bird, North Xuanwu". In other words, the eastern star like a dragon. As the earth revolves around the sun, the stars in the sky also change with the seasons. Every evening at the turn of winter and spring, the Canglong appears.