One who has injured another and wishes to apologize brings tea to the injured person as a gift. Before resolving arguments before the headman, both parties must give him a small paper tube of tea and a small roll of tobacco placed crosswise. Invitations to weddings and funerals are accompanied by tea. The De'Ang practice Hinayana Buddhism having converted to this a long time ago. Their beliefs are animistic.
Most villages have a temple whose monks depend upon offerings for their daily bread.
Shamans, powerful figures in De'Ang society, link the community with the spirit world and are consulted for every event. Fate becomes the determining factor in the events of the lives of the De'Ang people. According to government sources, life is better for the De'Ang now under Chinese communist rule than it was before.