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Remember GX: Chashan Yao

They call themselves “Lajia,” meaning “mountain people.” The Chashan YAO Yao are a small branch of the Yao people living in Guangxi’s Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County. They have unique cultural traditions and practices Taoism, with their festivals and customs largely centered on nature and ancestor worship, tieing the group’s unity to their religious practices.

PR: May pioneers bring Good News to the Chashan Yao, so they no longer worship nature and ancestors, but instead worship God who created nature and their ancestors.

Jonah 2:8-9 “Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’”

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Remember GX: The Jing People

The Jing people are maritime people skilled in fishing and revere the ocean with gratitude. From June to August, they hold a large-scale festival called "Ha Festival" to commemorate the birth of the God of the Sea. Residing on the “Three Jing Islands” of Chaowei, Shanxin and Wutou in Dongxing prefecture, the Jing nationality is one of the 55 officially recognized ethnic minorities in China, with approximately 30,000 people. Originating from Vietnam, the Jing people mainly believe in Taoism, but 2.4% of them are Catholics.

 

 J said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

 

 May He make JC, the Truth, evident among the Jing people.

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