superstition

A shrine in Xuanwu Lake park in Nanjing is a popular spot where people submit personal wishes - written on red ribbons - to a higher power.

In atheistic China, people use ribbons in a park to appeal to ‘higher powers’

Lifestyle & Belief

China’s atheistic communist rulers now say that certain religious beliefs are worth promoting for the sake of national development. Only a generation ago, nearly all forms of religious worship were essentially banned in China. The World’s Matthew Bell toured a park in the Chinese city of Nanjing, where people seek help from “higher powers.”