Dàyáoshān

The forested heights of Dayaoshan rise in central Guangxi, home to several Yao communities. Among them are the Chashan Yao, who live in the heart of the mountains, alongside other groups with their own histories of movement into the region. Ancestral traditions and ritual life have long been important here. Manuscripts of Daoist texts found in Dayaoshan show that Daoist practices had reached Yao communities by the Ming period and mingled with older beliefs.