" Wolf Totem " was a Chinese story about a werewolf tribe in northern China in the 1980s. The background of the novel was a series of political, economic, and cultural changes in some ethnic minorities in northern China at the end of the Qing Dynasty. These changes led to the rise of the werewolf legend. Werewolves were regarded as mysterious beings with great power and wisdom. The story of the novel takes place in a small village called "Smoke of Wolves". It tells the story of the leader of a werewolf tribe, Jiang Lang, and the emotional entanglements and conflicts between him and other werewolves. At the same time, the novel also involved political, economic, cultural and other issues, showing the impact of social change on people's living conditions. The background of the novel was the political, economic, and cultural changes that occurred in some ethnic tribes in northern China at the end of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the rise of werewolf legends.