The ideas behind this are probably very old, stemming from ancestor worship rather than Buddhism.

也许这种隐含的意思非常古老, 它起源于对祖先而不是佛教的崇拜.

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Yang Guoren ( 1988 ) . Dong Songs for Ancestor Worship . Guizhou People Press.

《侗族祭祖歌》,杨国仁选编,贵州人民出版社1988年版.

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Reverent but prejudicial Ancestor Worship - one of China's immense Cemeteries, which seriously lessen her productive land area.

一片巨大的中国人墓地,对祖先的崇敬,但会减少他们可耕种的土地.

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