通道侗族自治县坪坦河流域的芋头、横岭、坪坦、阳烂、高步、中步六个侗寨居民信奉萨岁、飞山杨公、南岳大王等社会神灵,崇拜天、地、日、月、山、水、岩石、树木、花草和龙、凤、狮、虎、牛、鸟、鱼等自然神灵,具有比较一致的民间信仰,这些神灵各有其祖先神、英雄神、恩神、保护神、农神等神格威灵。这些神灵的神格各有侧重,而且呈现一神灵多神格、多神灵同一神格、多神灵多神格的多样性与复杂性的关系特征。各侗寨的民间信仰还有其差异性,同中有异,异彩纷呈,形成六寨侗族同胞的神灵信仰体系。
In Pingtan basins of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County , the six Dong villages’ residents of Yutou , Hengling , Pingtan , Yancan , Gaobu and Zhongbu believe in the god of Sasui , Feishan Yanggong , Nanyue King and the other human social gods and worship many natural gods of heaven , earth , sun , moon , mountain , water , rocks , trees , flowers and dragon , phoenix , lions , cows , birds and fish , and so on . These gods have their own quality of the god of ancestry , hero , protection and farming . These godheads put particular emphasis on the different ways , and show the basic characteristics of diversity and complexity , that is , one god has many persons , many gods are the same person , and many gods are many persons . The folk belief of Dong villages’ has also the difference . The folk belief of the six villages is different within the sameness and kaleidoscopic , and forms the God’s belief system of them in this basin .