楚人崇凤原因探究（A probe into the causes of Chu people worshipping Phoenix）.doc

楚人崇凤原因探究（A probe into the causes of Chu people worshipping Phoenix） Probing into the reason of Chu Peoples Chong Feng In the myth, literature and art works of the Chu people, Phoenix is the most common subject, which is a fact of no discernible connection. These modeling action of the Phoenix Bird image, to a certain extent, reflects the Chu people on the Phoenix this virtual animal myth, religion and aesthetic concepts. Why does Chu people worship Phoenix? To this question, we from the scholars research, obtains one answer is: Because the Phoenix is the Chu people worship totem, therefore the Chu people Chong Feng. This view is now widely accepted by the audience, it seems that can become a coffin verdict. In this answer, the inference is no problem, the problem is that when we seriously doubt the premise of this inference, we will find that the so-called Phoenix is the totem of Chu people This proposition is not tenable. The Chu nationality, like other nationalities, once existed a totem age. The object of the totem worship of the CHU nationality is what kind of species, there are many kinds of sayings in the academic circle, and the more representative animal totem such as Bear Totem, Tiger Totem said, sheep Totem said, Fish Totem said, compound animal totem such as Phoenix Totem said, Dragon Totem said, plant totem such as Jing (CHU) Totem said, Peach Totem said and so on. Some scholars contend that there are two kinds of totem worship in the above types, which are called plural totem worship, or original and secondary totem worship. In the above mentioned, Chushenfeng totem theory is a typical evidence of the generalization of totem concept. In the early 80, when Mr. Dong raised the Chushenfeng totem, only a few words: Chus ancestors for the wish melts, the neighbor more think that that is, that is, Dan Zhu, this is the Japanese God, in the black today, Huan Dou, Danju, also bird name, then I like this also to the birds as a totem clan. Mr. Tong is also guessin