Religious beliefs are of importance in some minorities of China. Some minorities have the tradition of primordial worships, which is used in the time when people feel helpless before the nature, they pray with songs for gods to bless them, such as "shamanic tune" of Man ethnic group, "zhaodao (praying) tune" ofHui ethnic group of Islam, "sacrificial song", and "Buddha song" of minorities in southwest China.

(ChinaCulture.org August 2, 2005)