> I am not aware of any society that lasted without religion and had strong communal ties. Take China for example, I don't think it is a country of religion, a

> I am not aware of any society that lasted without religion and had strong communal ties. Take China for example, I don't think it is a country of religion, and on the other hand, I don't think the society lacks communal ties either. Traditionally, the Chinese society is organized or bonded by ancestry roots. According to [1], people sharing the same ancestry root first formed tribes, tribes then grouped together to form states. My last name, for example, came from a southern village in China. The village is also named by my last name. The majority people in the village share the same last name as mine, the rest are outside people who married to the village. The entire village can be traced back to a guy who settled there 1000 years ago. Not only they have a temple (or community center) to worship ancestors, they keep a Genealogy book to document the history. And this is just one example, there are many many villages like this. It’s a bit like the houses in Game of Thrones. Although, as modernization continues, this organization form is disappearing. [1] https://yixi.tv/wanxiang/3/8 https://yixi.tv/wanxiang/3/8