Definition: Totem is the carrier to record the soul of God. Ancient primitive tribes were superstitious about some natural or related relatives, ancestors and protectors. , and use them as a sign or symbol of this clan. Primitive people's worship of nature is the basis of totem. It is a cultural phenomenon in the early history of China to explain myths, classics and folk customs with totems.

Source: In primitive beliefs, people of this clan are considered to have originated from a specific species, and in most cases they are considered to be related to an animal, so totem belief is related to ancestor worship. In many totem myths, people think that their ancestors originated from or were related to certain animals or plants, so some animals and plants became the oldest ancestors of this nation.

Connotation: 1 It is believed that this clan or tribe or ethnic group originated from this totem, which is the object of ancestors, so it is the object of belief and one of the origins of religion.

2. Totem, as an identification, is related to the marriage system, that is, exogamy is closely related, and the same totem is not married, and the same surname is not married.

Totem is the symbol of clan or tribe.

4. Totems form taboos, and members have the responsibility to protect totems.