原始宗教是人类历史上最古老的一种宗教信仰形态。在自然环境险恶,生产力水平十分低下的原始社会,人们把一切灾难祸福归于上天的旨意,为求丰衣足食、平安吉祥而寄托于神灵的保佑,这就为原始宗教的产生提供了必须的土壤。原始宗教的发展大致经历了自然崇拜、图腾崇拜、祖先崇拜等几个相互关联又各具信仰特征的阶段。至今在我国许多少数民族地区仍保留着具有浓郁民族特色的原始宗教形态。位于湘鄂渝黔交界地带的土家族聚居区是中原汉文化与西南少数民族文化,楚文化与巴蜀文化的多元交织地带,自古以来就是巫风盛行之地。据说土家民 Primitive religion is the oldest kind of religious belief in human history. In the primitive society where the natural environment was harsh and the productive force was very low, people put all the disaster and disaster on God’s purpose, and provided the necessary soil for the creation of the primitive religion for the sake of abundance, adequate food, peace and good fortune and the blessing of the gods. The development of the primitive religions generally experienced several interrelated phases of belief, including worship of nature, worship of ancestors, ancestor worship, and so on. So far, many primitive ethnic groups in our country still retain the original religious form with strong ethnic characteristics. Located in the junction of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou Tujia area is the Central Plains Han Chinese culture and ethnic minorities in Southwest China, Chu culture and Bashu culture multiple intertwined zone, since ancient times is the prevalence of witch. It is said that Tujia people