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The five major religions in China refer to.

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

1, Buddhism

Buddhism is the first of the five major religions in China in China. Around the time of Qin Shihuang in Gregorian calendar, Buddhism began to be introduced into China from India, and after a long period of spread and development, China Buddhism with China national characteristics was formed.

Due to the differences in time, mode, region, national culture and social and historical background, China Buddhism has formed three schools: Han Buddhism (Chinese school), Tibetan Buddhism (Tibetan school) and Tibetan Buddhism (Pali school).

2. Taoism

Taoism is one of the major religions in China. It was formed in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Zhang Daoling, one of the founders of Taoism, is Shi Tian, so it is also called "Stone Heaven". Later it was divided into many factions. Taoism regards Laozi as the ancestor and respectfully calls him "the old gentleman on the throne".

3. Islam

In the middle of the 7th century, Islam began to spread to China from Arabia, and after a long period of spread, development and evolution, it formed Chinese Islam with national characteristics. It is the link of long-term economic and cultural exchanges and traditional friendship between the Chinese and Arab peoples.

4. Catholicism

Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity and Protestantism are the three major factions of Christianity. Catholicism is also called "public religion", which means "universal" and "archduke". The Latin name of Catholicism is EcclesiaCatholicaRomana, which is literally translated as "Roman Catholic Church", transliterated as "Gatelism" and literally translated as "Roman Catholic Church". When it was introduced to China in the 0/6th century (Ming Dynasty) A.D./KLOC, its followers called the gods they worshipped "gods", so it was called Catholicism in China.

5. Christianity

Christianity is a religion that believes in Jesus Christ as the savior. Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodox Church and Christianity in a broad sense-in Chinese, "Christianity" usually refers to Protestantism (also known as "Jesus").