图腾是一些标识性意义的东西,一般在氏族群体建立之初就已经开始形成了,有些图腾甚至是能展现本氏族的基本特征的文化。本文通过分析蕴含在小说《狼图腾》的意蕴,探讨《狼图腾》意象表征背后所蕴藏的草原游牧文化的图腾文化精神,从而揭示出在跨文化视角下的中国图腾文化。同时简要叙述中国的民族图腾文化、图腾制度以及图腾仪式等状况,并解释图腾的作用和影响,为更进一步推动中国图腾文化发展提一定程度上的理论借鉴。 Totems are some of the things that are of symbolic significance. They have generally started to form at the beginning of the clan community. Some totems are even cultures that show the basic characteristics of the clans. By analyzing the implication contained in the novel “Wolf Totem”, this paper explores the totem culture in the nomadic culture of grassland hidden behind the image representation of “Wolf Totem”, and reveals the Chinese totem culture from a cross-cultural perspective. At the same time, a brief account of China’s national totem culture, totem system and totem rituals and other conditions, and explain the role and influence of totem, to further promote the development of Chinese totem culture to a certain extent, the theory of reference.