The Qiang keep a village religion of mountain gods, nature gods and ancestral spirits: villages worship five great deities and twelve lesser ones under a supreme God of Heaven, with consecrated white stones on the tower tops, and a ritual specialist (duangong) who keeps the sheepskin drum and the monkey-skull cap (Wikipedia, Qiang people).
The page dates none of it, and the objects that survive are of later centuries. We take the religion as the old village layer of the upper Min in 1200, as a general pattern.
Who holds it
- Title
- Village ritual specialists (duangong, bi) of the Qiang
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Wikipedia (Qiang people): most Qiang follow a pantheistic or animist religion centred on guardian mountain deities, with five great and twelve lesser gods under a supreme God of Heaven; the page gives no Tang or Song religious detail.
What it holds
- Village shrines and tower-top stones
Allies and rivals
The village headmen.
How things stand that morning
The village religion; no dated event.
Places of note
- Lixian: Valley centre.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: One undated Wikipedia description.
On the map: Marker only.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.