Chinese classics, although no word totem, but totem and totem worship in ancient books in a large number of records, the content is very rich. The culture of ancient books in China, and many ancient folklore, the research totem culture provides the most complete and rich information, it can be said, the research totem and totem culture, the most fertile soil in China. "Book of Rites, Li Yun said: lin, phoenix, tortoise, dragon, that of the four spiritual lin, phoenix, tortoise, dragon, the actual have is the totem of the ancient Chinese, is a thing of the first people to worship . The investigation about the late Zhou painting on silk, Guo said: "The phoenix is a black bird, Yin Totem"; "Dragon Totem summer. The object of worship of the Chinese nation, to say the least, lin, phoenix, tortoise, dragon "four spiritual" alone, in the Chinese classics and folklore do not know how much they are Chinese cultural history, especially in China of the important issues of the culture of ancient totem and totem.
n.: totem, natural object, esp an animal, considered by N American Indians as the emblem of a clan or family, the totem pole, (in old China) flags embroidered with animals repressenting the various barbarian, tribes
