本文以农业部的固定观察点调查和中国经济研究中心的补充调查数据为基础,以宗教为切入点,考察了本土宗教信仰对村庄公共收费行为的影响及其作用机制。结果发现,相比没有宗教信仰的村庄,信仰佛教、道教等本土宗教的公共收费会更高。使用历史上的宗教活动场所数量和村周边大城市的开埠历史作为工具变量,这一正向影响仍然显著。进一步作用机制检验发现,由于信教比例偏低,宗教信仰并不能通过对人们的直接教化而增加彼此的信任与合作。宗教信仰产生集体行动的原因还是在于,宗教因素作为当地宗族仪式活动中的重要组织力量,通过凝聚宗族和促进宗族成员的忠诚与团结,而间接增加公共收费。这些结果意味着,本土宗教与宗族网络在村庄治理中扮演着互补的角色。 Based on the Ministry of Agriculture’s fixed observation point survey and the China Center for Economic Research’s supplementary survey data, this article takes religion as the starting point and examines the impact of local religious belief on the village public charging act and its mechanism. As a result, public fees for indigenous religions such as Buddhism and Taoism have been found to be higher than those for villages without religious faith. Using the number of historical sites for religious activities and the history of metropolitan ports around the village as a tool variable, the positive impact is still significant. Further testing of the mechanism of action found that because of the low proportion of religious beliefs, religious beliefs can not increase mutual trust and cooperation through direct education to people. The reason for the collective action of religious beliefs is that religious factors, as important organizational forces in local clan ceremonial activities, indirectly increase public charges by uniting clans and promoting the loyalty and solidarity of clan members. These results mean that indigenous religions and patriarchal networks play a complementary role in village governance.