依饭节是仫佬族特有的宗教节日。在依饭节祭祀活动中由师公表演的“依饭舞”蕴涵着深厚的道教文化,反映出道教崇尚自然、以“圆”为美等特点:从审美意识上,渗透着道教崇尚“自然”的思想;从动作形态上,体现出道教“步罡踏斗”、“五行八卦”和“圆”的韵律风格。
Yifan Festival is a unique religious festival of Mulao. On Yifan Festival, the Yifan dance performed by folk master is embodied in profound Taoist culture and reflects fully the characteristics of Taoism, which admires nature and regards "roundness" as beauty. From the perspective of aesthetic consciousness, it is permeated with the idea of nature admiration advocated by Taoism; from the perspective of action and form, it embodies Taoist style of "the five elements and the eight diagrams", "the Bugang of Taoist" and "roundness'.