What are the totems of the 56 ethnic minorities in China?

Totem is the symbol and symbol of primitive relatives, ancestors and protectors, and it is the earliest cultural phenomenon in human history. Social productivity is low, and primitive people's ignorance of nature is the basis of totem.

Using totem to explain myths, classics and folk customs can often get the same result. 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.

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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.

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