Five major religions in China

The five major religions in China are Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Christianity and Islam.

1 Buddhism, one of the three major religions in the world today, originated in ancient India from the 6th century BC to the 5th century BC and was founded by Sakyamuni Gautama, the kingdom of Kapylovi in ancient India. Siddhartha. Buddhism has three major language families in China: Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Southern Buddhism.

2. Taoism is a local religion in China, which was formed at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty on the basis of the Taoist thoughts of Huang and Lao, and absorbed the skills of ancient immortals, folk witchcraft and belief in ghosts and gods. Taoism matured in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and reached its peak in Sui, Tang and Northern Song Dynasties.

3. Islam, Buddhism and Christianity are called the three major religions in the world. It rose in the Arabian Peninsula in the early 7th century, and was founded by Muhammad of Mecca Gulai tribe.

4. Catholicism is one of the three major factions of Christianity, also known as Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church. Legend has it that Christianity was founded by Jesus in Palestine under the rule of the Roman Empire in the first century AD. In 3 13 AD, after Constantine I, the western emperor of the Roman Empire, issued the "Decree of Milan", Christianity became an officially recognized legal religion.

5. Christianity, one of the three major Christian sects, also known as Protestantism, is the product of the European religious reform in the16th century. 16th century, Martin? Luther launched the religious reform movement in Germany, which was echoed by European countries.