The majority of the Chinese people live in the countryside. They are mostly farmers and are less influenced by the skepticism of religion that pervades the better-educated urbanites. The animism, ancestor worship, and other forms of religion that are said to characterize those who live in rural areas, are largely absent from the cities. The latter more nearly hold to the Communist Party line, which rejects all forms of the supernatural. At the same time, there are Christians and others who openly avow their religious beliefs.