On the understanding of a religious society and the characteristics of the people.

Religious belief is an ideology formed by history. As a spiritual custom, it is extremely complicated. On the one hand, it is inextricably linked with all aspects of folk production and life, on the other hand, it is mixed with a lot of feudal superstitions. Except for the Hui people who believe in Islam, other ethnic minorities in Guangxi have not formed a unified religion. Their religious beliefs are mostly primitive religions' worship of nature and ancestors, and they believe in animism. At the same time, influenced by Taoism and Buddhism, a variety of beliefs blend and coexist, forming a belief style of worship-sacrifice-taboo. Many ethnic minority areas still preserve various temples, such as King Temple, Land Temple, Longwang Temple and Kannonji. , to worship all kinds of immortals. Some ethnic minorities such as Zhuang and Dong also set up shrines at home to worship their ancestors. All kinds of gods and their personnel are called "Taoists", "Teachers", or "Social Elders" and "Miao Elders", each of which has his own duties, but generally not full-time. Every time there is no rain for a long time, I will go to the Longwang Temple to worship the Longwang for an early rain. If anything strange happens in the village or at home, they all ask God to turn to ghosts and hold religious ceremonies. When young people talk about marriage, they should first ask a fortune teller to tell their fortune and get married on another day. When the old man dies, he should ask Daogong to cross over and choose a variety of beliefs and customs such as feng shui treasure land burial.