中國少數民族圖騰崇拜

何星亮

Religious and social aspects are two sides of totemism. Besides satisfying the spiritual living of people in original times, it was also closely related to social organizational system, legal system and marriage system and engendered a complex religious cultural system which played an important role in mankind's initial society. Totemism is very peculiar among various beliefs in mankind's history,and it is hard to understand many relevant customs until today.