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Totem 3
Input Date:01/26/2007 Read: [Print] [Close]

Through the transformation of a totem frog, to a frog with a human face, then to humanized fairy "Baby with coiled hair," we can see the development in the shaping of this art image. There are two types of "Baby with coiled hair" in northern Shaanxi. The patron fairy totem who wears double coils, which sometimes are decorated with two roosters (indicating the sun and the moon); in a  standing posture with both arms stretching upward, or holding two roosters in her hands, or one rooster (the sun) and one rabbit (the moon). If she lies on her stomach, it is the "crawling baby" on pillow case. The outline of this fairy with coiled hair is transformed from a totem frog, the first maternal ancestor of Chinese Niu Wa in ancient historical fairy tale who made clay figures and started the Chinese nationality. The  econd type is the "happy baby" who is also in a standing posture, wearing lotus flower in her hair, with both hands drooping by her sides, squatting on her heels as if giving birth. On her feet is a pair of fish. The "Happy baby" is an art image of the proliferation fairy. Research shows that in primitive society, giving birth was in a squatting position.

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