1. Xixia is the main ethnic group of Xixia Dynasty, and Xixia people originally lived in the eastern part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is a branch of Qiang people and belongs to Tuguhun Kingdom.
2. The history of Song recorded that the Tangut people in Xixia "believed in ghosts and cursed their wishes", and the history of Liao also recorded that the Tangut people had the custom of "sending ghosts", and the curse of climbing high in July referred to flash disease.
3. The Tangut is one of the ancient northern minorities, belonging to the Western Qiang nationality, so it is called "Tangut Qiang".