Abstract:

The research on the occurrence of Chinese belief in birds is another effort to explore the origin of Chinese culture. The paddy rice cultivation mode used by ancient Chinese people living in the region south of the Yangtze River resulted in their belief and cult in birds. The well-developed cultural system of belief in birds constructed by evolutions of the belief penetrated into nearly all areas of Chinese people's material and spiritual life.

Key words: Chinese culture, belief in bird, culture of rice cultivation