According to ancient records, since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, with the gradual improvement of the bureaucratic system of feudal countries from the central to the grassroots, the land god has also evolved into a hierarchical Taoist system and degenerated into the lowest-level small god who manages his homeland. In ancient times, people regarded the continuation of incense as an important event in the family, so people admired the land god and the land woman, and often went to the land temple to worship and pray for the land god and the land woman to send their children and blessings. If a family has been blessed in the past year, it is necessary to bring the gods of the land Lord and the land woman to visit the village in the Spring Festival next year, on the one hand to express the joy of being blessed, and on the other hand to thank the land Lord and the land woman for their gifts to their family. In addition, in the folk, in addition to wandering, there will be lights and wine on the Lantern Festival. Because "Ding" is homophonic, "lighting" means "adding Ding", so we set up lighting wine to celebrate.

However, there is also a saying that landlords and landladies are in charge of land administration, not only to protect the peace and tranquility of the village, but also to be subordinate to the city god and take charge of the household registration of the dead in the village. In many areas of the Han nationality, there is a custom that everyone is born with a "land of the temple king"-that is, the land temple to which he belongs, which is similar to everyone's native place. After death, a Taoist priest will go to his land temple for sacrificial activities when he performs the ceremony of crossing over. Or the family members who have just died, go to the land temple and tell the name and birthday of the deceased, so that the land god can show the way to the deceased. For example, there is a custom called "reporting land" in Chaoshan area. If someone in the family dies, you must go to the earth temple to mourn. The elders in the village, holding white lanterns, led the male descendants of the deceased to wear mourning clothes and reported the death to the temple in the head. When they arrived at the temple, the elders burned incense, took out the Niangeng stickers and reported to the idol: "Life comes from the ground, and death comes from the ground. Read it to master at any time. " In this way, the deceased can report to the land god, and the land god will lead him to the path of reincarnation.