牛作为中国农耕文明的巨大财富，在中国传统社会中历来是不可忽视的一部分。从原始部落的图腾崇拜，到奴隶社会与封建社会中的祭祀、战争、运输、农耕乃至生育，中国传统社会生活中处处可见牛的影子。在这些方面的背后，牛被人们赋予了更多的意义和内涵，并由此成为代表着勤劳、纯朴、忠诚、富有与坚毅的牛文化，而通过对牛文化的抽象概括与深入探索，可窥见人类隐于其中的对自然的敬畏、对神灵的尊崇、对辛勤的赞颂、对生殖力的崇拜及对美味的追求的精神内涵。

As the great wealth of Chinese farming civilization, the ox has always been a part of traditional Chinese society that cannot be ignored. From the totem worship of the primitive tribes to the rituals, wars, transportation, farming and even childbearing in the slave and feudal societies, the ox has been seen everywhere in the life of traditional Chinese society. Behind these aspects, the ox has been given more meanings and connotations, and has thus become an ox culture representing diligence, simplicity, loyalty, wealth and perseverance. Through the abstract generalization and in-depth exploration of the ox culture, we can get a glimpse of the spiritual connotations of human beings' fear of nature, respect for the gods, praise for hard work, worship of fertility, and pursuit of deliciousness that are hidden in the ox culture.