Editing Western Xia (section)

=== Religion ===
The government-sponsored state religion was a blend of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism and Chinese Mahayana Buddhism with a Sino-Nepalese artistic style. The scholar-official class engaged in the study of Confucian classics, Taoist texts, and Buddhist sermons, while the Emperor portrayed himself as a Buddhist king and patron of Lamas.<ref name=cam/>
Early in the kingdom's history, [[Chinese Buddhism]] was the most widespread form of Buddhism practiced. However, around the mid-twelfth century [[Tibetan Buddhism]] gained prominence as rulers invited Tibetan monks to hold the distinctive office of state preceptor.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Atwood|first=Christopher Pratt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I9dzQgAACAAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire|publisher=Facts On File|year=2004|isbn=978-0-8160-4671-3|pages=590}}</ref> The practice of [[Tantric Buddhism]] in Western Xia led to the spread of some sexually related customs. Before they could marry men of their own ethnicity when they reached 30 years old, Uighur women in Shaanxi in the 12th century had children after having relations with multiple ethnic Han men, with her desirability as a wife enhancing if she had been with a large number of men.<ref name="Biran2005">{{cite book|author=Michal Biran|title=The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History: Between China and the Islamic World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B934LaVBaz8C&pg=PA164|date=15 September 2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-84226-6|pages=164–}}</ref><ref name="Dunnell1983">{{cite book|last=Dunnell|first=Ruth W.|title=Tanguts and the Tangut State of Ta Hsia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o3AhAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Princeton University}}, page 228</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=洪 |first=皓 |title=松漠紀聞 |url=https://zh.wikisource.org/zh/%E6%9D%BE%E6%BC%A0%E7%B4%80%E8%81%9E }}</ref>