Abstract:

Lian Chihui, as a belief-based folk organization in the country women of the Bai nationality, bears maternal cultural
features from the analysis of its members, cultural signs and functions. The article puts probe into the inherited relationship between Lian Chihui and maternal culture of the Bai nationality on the basis of the initiative of the Bai women, procreation worship, inherited “Benzhu”culture and Kwan-yin worship.

Key words: Lian Chihui, Bai Minority, maternal culture