A Totem of Surnames in China
Li, wang xing, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Zhao, Huang, Zhou, Sun, Wu, Xu, Hu, Zhu, Gao, Lin, He, Guo, Luo, Ma, Fan. Long, Wan, duang, Lei, Qian, Tang, Yin, Yi, Li, Chang, Wu, Qiao, He, lai xing, Gong, Wen, Liang, Song, Zheng, Xie, Han, surnamed tang, Feng, Yu, Dong, Xiao.
The so-called totem means that people in primitive times regarded an animal, plant or non-living thing as their relatives, ancestors or protectors. I believe that they have a supernatural power, will protect themselves, and can also gain their strength and skills. In the eyes of primitive people, totem is actually a personified object of worship.
The current "surname totem" is the personal "creation" of Mr. Wang Dayou, a member of China Artists Association. Mr. Wang Dayou hopes that all the Chinese people can learn about the merits, achievements, family style, national style and national style of their ancestors from their surnames. And clearly understand their position in the inheritance of Chinese civilization, so as to further affinity with ancestors and cultural traditions.
Some experts believe that this kind of painting is only the artist's personal artistic creation, and cannot represent the academic point of view. Experts believe that the source of surnames in China is actually very complicated, and some of them are related to totem worship. Some surnames are transformed from totems, and there is no systematic and complete statement.
In an interview with Beijing Science and Technology News, Mr. Wang Dayou himself mentioned that he created his surname totem on the basis of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Jinwen and Chu's Book of Birds and Insects, as well as family emblems on pottery and jade in some unearthed cultural relics, as well as legends passed down from mouth to mouth, and there was no archaeological basis.
Mr. Wang Dayou mentioned that if he can find all the information about a surname, he will create the totem of the surname in strict accordance with the writing methods in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Jin Wen and Bird Insect Book. If you can't find all the information of the surname, you will complete the missing gene part according to your own research. For example, when creating the surname totem of Li, the tiger was added, because the tiger represented Shao Hao, the ancestor of Hao Tao, the ancestor of Li, and he thought that only in this way could the totem of Li be fully explained.
However, Mr. Wang Dayou is also calm. When he created the surname totem, he also added some artistic elements, trying to make the totem representing each surname more beautiful, so that people who see his surname totem like this pattern.