Chinese Religion

Chinese religion China is extensive and profound. "In China, people do not belong to an institutional denomination, their religious life is irrelevant to the signature of weak articles.The Chinese religion, even in the absence of special words up to the present age, (Thompson, 1) In China, Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism are all integrated, the earliest dynasties (BC) 2000), the Chinese worshiped many different gods (polytheism) like the god of the weather, the god of the river.

Chinese religion affects not only the religion of Han people's indigenous people but also the ethnic religion. Seiwert (1987) found evidence of pre-Chinese religion in rural religions in the southeastern part of Fujian province and Taiwan, especially regional fighting sports and ceremonial genealogy. The process of Chineseization, more appropriate "daohuaization" is also a recent religious experience of Chinese minority ethnic groups, especially indigenous peoples of Southwestern people. Chinese Taoism gradually invades the indigenous religion of these peoples, in some cases working with indigenous clergy, and in other cases takes over the latter's function and appoints them as priests We requested and integrated.

In February 2016, Chinese religious scholars gathered and discussed the intersection of Chinese religion and history as part of the annual China Religious Seminar series at the Fairbank Center. Organizers including Michael Szonyi, director of the Fairbank Center, introduced various topics ranging from the creation of ethnic religion to the Chinese ceremonial process.

Chinese folk religion (Chinese folk religion) or Han ethnic religion is a cultural religion of Chinese ethnic religion, including ethnic power and worship of ancestral power, betrayal of harmful power, and beliefs to reasonable natural order that human beings can potentially influence It is a tradition of religion. All beings and their rulers, and souls and gods. Worship is dedicated to many gods and gods (gods), they may be phenomena, human behavior or blood ancestors. The stories about some of them are gathered in Chinese myths. In the eleventh century (Song Dynasty), these customs incorporated Buddhist karma (human behavior) and resurrection, and the doctrine of the Taoistic divine system, and formed a popular religious system that continues today. Day