Types of religions in China and their influences.

There are five religions in China: Buddhism, Islam, Catholicism, Christianity and Taoism.

These five religions in China have a long history. Although the number of religious believers in China is only a small proportion, the absolute number of religious believers is not small because of the large population in China. There are now more than 30 million religious believers who can be counted. Buddhism and Taoism do not have strict admission ceremonies, so it is difficult to accurately count the number of religious believers. It is estimated that there are tens of millions of people. Together, hundreds of millions of people in China believe in various religions.

Most of the five major religions in China are world religions and are closely related to foreign religions. In recent years, various religions in China have established and developed friendly relations with more than 70 countries and regions in the world, and sent delegations to international religious conferences and religious academic conferences for many times. Chinese religious groups and organizations participate in world religious organizations such as the World Buddhist Friendship Association, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, the World Religious Peace Conference, the Asian Religious Peace Conference, and the World Christian Federation. In recent years, between 1000 and 2,000 China Muslims have made pilgrimages to Mecca every year. China's religious circles also actively receive international religious figures to visit, make friends and enhance friendship.

China is a multi-ethnic country. In the long history, influenced by many factors such as environment, culture, faith, politics and economy, all ethnic groups have formed their own customs and habits in their production and life. At the same time, due to geographical reasons, population migration and other reasons, various ethnic groups have influenced each other and merged constantly. You have me and I have you. However, in any case, the deep-rooted customs and habits of all ethnic groups will still leave their mark. Therefore, there is a saying among all ethnic groups that "there are different winds in five miles and different customs in ten miles", and even there are differences in the same ethnic group and the same region. Funeral custom is no exception.

Burial method refers to the method of burying the remains. Such as burial, cremation, water burial, celestial burial, cliff burial, etc.

According to the burial posture of the body, it can be divided into four burial methods: supine burial, prone burial and prone burial.

According to the funeral regulations, such as single burial or joint burial, independent grave or clan building, family cemetery building, funeral grade and other funeral systems.

According to the device for containing the remains (ashes) of the deceased, such as coffin, coffin, urn, etc. Most ethnic groups in China put the bodies and bones of the deceased in certain containers for resettlement. The burial utensils used in different historical periods, nationalities and regions show the characteristics of different times, nationalities and places. As far as the materials of funerary objects are concerned, there are about wood, stone, ceramics, metals and synthetic materials from ancient times to the present.

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