“Taihao Fuxi” is regarded as the primordial cultural ancestor in Chinese legends. Although the names “Taihao” and “Fuxi” first appeared in the literature of the Warring States Period, they were not used together until the Han Dynasty. By examining the relics and sites that match the images and locations described in the legends of Taihao and Fuxi, it can be seen that early China had a mature dragon and snake totem and related worship consciousness. This also makes the evidence chain that Taihao and Fuxi were two different individuals, each governing the southern and northern regions, clearer. The “dragon record” of Taihao indicates that his tribe’s consciousness was dragon worship, while Fuxi’s “snake body” proves the snake-worshiping mentality of the Fuxi tribe. Therefore, their totemic emblems and the regions they governed were different. Taihao was the ancestral god of the northwest tribes, while Fuxi was the progenitor of the southwest ethnic groups, and Fuxi’s era was earlier than Taihao’s. From prehistoric stone carvings and patterns to later paintings and tomb figurines, the evolution of these various archaeological finds carrying the “human head, dragon and snake body” form is continuous, all originating from the ancient dragon and snake totem of Taihao and Fuxi, and reflecting the spiritual sustenance and humanistic sentiments of the ancients regarding life cognition and religious beliefs.