The Wooded Mountains, Ancestral Spirits and Community: Yi Religious Ecology in the “ꑭꁮ” (xiō bū) Ritual
Religions January 27, 2026 Hao Zhang, Hua Cai
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Mianning County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture between 2023 and 2024, this paper analyzes the “xiō bū” (ꑭꁮ) ritual of the Liangshan Yi people. Framed within contemporary approaches to religious anthropology and social memory theory, the study explores how this ritual constructs Yi ecological ethics, social integration, and cultural...