Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Northeast China folk religion or Dongbei folk religion (东北民间宗教 Dōngběi mínjiān zōngjiào, or 东北民间信仰 Dōngběi mínjiān xìnyǎng) is the variety of Chinese folk religion that is practiced in northeast China (Manchuria), including the provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, but with influences coming from and reaching as far as Hebei and Shandong. It is characterised by patterns of deities, worship and terminology that are different from those of central and southern Chinese folk religion. Many of these patterns derive from the interaction of Han folk faiths with Tungus and Manchu shamanisms.Prominence is given to the worship of animal gods, of a "totemic" value. In the region the terms shen 神 ("god") and xian 仙 ("immortal being") are synonymous. Figures of ritual specialists or shamans perform various ritual functions for groups of believers and local communities, including chuma xian (出马仙, "riding (for) the immortal gods"), dances, healing, exorcism, divination, and communication with ancestors."@en }
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- Northeast_China_folk_religion abstract "Northeast China folk religion or Dongbei folk religion (东北民间宗教 Dōngběi mínjiān zōngjiào, or 东北民间信仰 Dōngběi mínjiān xìnyǎng) is the variety of Chinese folk religion that is practiced in northeast China (Manchuria), including the provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, but with influences coming from and reaching as far as Hebei and Shandong. It is characterised by patterns of deities, worship and terminology that are different from those of central and southern Chinese folk religion. Many of these patterns derive from the interaction of Han folk faiths with Tungus and Manchu shamanisms.Prominence is given to the worship of animal gods, of a "totemic" value. In the region the terms shen 神 ("god") and xian 仙 ("immortal being") are synonymous. Figures of ritual specialists or shamans perform various ritual functions for groups of believers and local communities, including chuma xian (出马仙, "riding (for) the immortal gods"), dances, healing, exorcism, divination, and communication with ancestors.".