Why do the Miao people use maple trees as their totem?

The maple tree is the totem tree, feng shui tree, and village protection tree of the Miao villages, and it has sacred significance. According to the ancient Miao song, the mother butterfly, the ancestor of the Miao people, was born from the heart of the maple tree. This is an interesting story: In ancient times, the earth was completely bare. A god named Bangxiang planted maple trees by the pond. White cranes flying from the east made their nests in the maple trees and ate the fish seedlings in the pond. Because the white crane flew away, when Mr. Li judged the case, he judged the maple tree as a "nest" and cut down the maple tree. The rotten trunk of the fallen maple tree gave birth to the mother butterfly. After the mother butterfly "swam" with the "bubble", she laid twelve eggs. The wagyu bird helped hatch the ancestor of the Miao people, Jiang Yang, as well as thunder, dragon, tiger and buffalo. wait. Jiang Yang is the patrilineal ancestor of the Miao people, and "Mother Butterfly" is the matrilineal ancestor of the Miao people.