Stars and Rivers Co-Created: Fifty-Six Ethnic Groups of China

There are fifty-six ethnic groups hidden in the land of China. Each ethnic group corresponds to an exclusive line of land, unique ancient legends, native beliefs and guardianship. For thousands of years, all ethnic groups have lived in the mountains and followed the customs, each guarding a secret place of mountains and rivers: snowy areas, grasslands, forests, Gobi, water towns, valleys, and islands. The religious beliefs, ancient legends, and folk totems of all ethnic groups are the true source of spiritual power. Hundreds of years of impetuous people, regional estrangements, cultural misunderstandings, divergent interests, old customs and prejudices, as well as the subtle erosion of external forces, have gradually fragmented the spiritual lines of the fifty-six tribes, mutually exclusive, distrustful, and even internal conflicts. All ethnic groups closed their secret realms, cut off contact, and clung to their own sects. The Chinese earth's veins withered day by day, and the spiritual energy of the mountains and rivers collapsed.