Symbolic representation of rural christianity and the inventiveness of faith traditions

There are two dominant perceptions on the relationship between Christianity and rural society and culture in China, one is more concerned about the authenticity of Christianity from the church's perspective, while the other talks about "cultural security" from the view of the local tradition of China. These seemingly contradictory views are in fact based on the same historical model known as impact-response. It is a well developed model in that it could explain the "mission church" (church in China), while it seems less and less likely to help us grasp the nature and reality of the "local church" (China Church). Hence this article is dealing with the following questions, taking Huanan church as an example: Is it plausible for us to consider this kind of local church and its believers as a sort of Christian faith tradition de facto? In light of the assumption, how should we understand the diversified symbolic representations and even inventions? Further, how should we understand the continuity and discontinuity of tradition, if we consider the faith tradition as a cultural tradition?