The Religious Beliefs of Maonan Nationality

Maonan people believe in many gods and religions. Before the end of the Ming Dynasty, people mainly believed in primitive religions. In the early Qing Dynasty, orthodox Taoism was introduced into Maonan inhabited areas, and several major religions were popular at the same time. Since then, Taoism has occupied a major position in the confluence with Maonan culture, especially primitive religion, culture and other folk beliefs, forming the so-called "martial arts" with the focus on dancing, the so-called "culture and education" with the focus on fasting and dying, and the amphibious Dojo with the cooperation of the two types of people. Responsible for worship, Maonan people call it "Tao Bo", that is, the teacher; The person in charge of the funeral ceremony is called "sir", that is, Taoist priest. The third kind is a wizard who specializes in exorcising ghosts and calling gods, called "artisan dusk", and the rest are prodigies, Mr. Feng Shui and Mr. Guigu (also divination, etc. ). The first three, they each have a set of scriptures, such as the songs and chanting words (witchcraft) published by the teacher; Taoist priests include "opening a mountain song", "elegy" and Buddhist scriptures; Wizards have a large collection of witchcraft. Most of Shi Gong's reciting words are long and short sentences, and the lyrics are three, four, five, six and seven sentences, and there are very few sentences with different lengths. The lyrics of Taoist priests are composed of five words and seven words, while the sentence patterns of Confucian classics vary in length. A considerable part of these lyrics, classics and witchcraft belong to rhymes and pay attention to meter, which are inextricably linked with Maonan folk songs. Their forms and songs are popular with the public. Most of its written characters are straight Chinese characters, and some of them are borrowed characters. When singing, teachers and wizards often use the Chinese dialect, Maonan and Zhuang in Desheng Township, Yizhou City, Guangxi. Taoist priests use Mandarin in Liuzhou, Guangxi, and the lyrics are in Maonan. Nearly a million words of lyrics, scriptures and witchcraft not only contain a large number of religious materials, traditional rhymes and prose works, but also preserve many folk customs, history and language materials, which are very rich in cultural connotation.

194 1 year, Christianity began to establish churches or missionary places in some villages, and there are more than 200 believers so far, and the activities are not normal. In addition, a few people burn incense and bow down to Guanyin Bodhisattva on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month.