What are the five major religions in China?

1. Taoism is a local religion in China, with "Tao" as its highest belief. Taoism, the concept of China's ancient worship of ghosts and gods, is based on the thoughts of Huang and Lao Taoism, and has inherited the immortal magic since the Warring States Period. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a large number of Taoist organizations appeared, including Taiping Dao and Wudoumi Dao.

Zhang Daoling, the ancestor of Shi Tian, officially founded the Youth League, with a history of 1800 years. Taoism is a polytheistic worship, and worshipping immortals personifies Taoism's belief in "Tao". Taoist priests are Taoist priests, and there are more than 30,000 Taoist priests in China. Temples are places for Taoist activities, and there are more than 2,000 registered temples in China.

2. Islam is one of the world religions, together with Buddhism and Christianity, it is called the three major religions in the world. In the past, China was called "big food law", "big food religion", "Arabia", "pure religion", "Hui Islam" and "Hui Islam". By the end of 2009, among the global population of 6.8 billion, the total number of Muslims was 65.438+57 billion, distributed in 204 countries and regions, accounting for 23% of the world.

3. Christianity is the floorboard of all sects whose savior is Jesus Christ, also known as Christianity. 1 century, originated in Rome province of Palestine (now Israel, Palestine, Jordan). It is based on the birth, preaching, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Christianity mainly includes Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodox Church and other smaller sects. In China, Protestantism is usually called Christianity because of the translation of history. In order to explain the exact concept of Christianity, this entry calls Protestantism "Protestantism" instead of the usual "Christianity".

4. Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are collectively called the three religions, with "Confucianism" as the highest belief. Respecting Confucius as a teacher, later generations called it "Confucianism" and "holy religion" from the Southern and Northern Dynasties in order to distinguish it from Taoism, which advocated Taoist thoughts such as Huang Lao Lie Zhuang, so Confucius was also respected as the holy leader of Confucianism.

All ethnic groups living in this ancient land of China, including ethnic minorities other than the Han nationality, such as Liao, Jin, Yuan, Xixia and Qing in the north, have always regarded Confucianism as the state religion, which supports theocracy and holds that imperial power is supreme.

5. Buddhism has a history of more than 2,500 years, which was founded by Gautama Siddharta, the prince of the Kapilovi Kingdom in ancient India (now Nepal) (refer to Buddha's birthday). Western countries generally believe that Buddhism originated in India, and India is actually trying to shape the image of a "Buddhist holy land".

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Religion in China refers to the current religious pattern and related culture in China. China is a multi-religious country. Before the founding of New China, the basic pattern of coexistence of six major religions, namely Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Catholicism, Christianity (Protestantism) and Confucianism, as well as a few other religions and various folk beliefs was gradually formed.

Religious organizations in China independently handle educational affairs, and set up religious colleges, print and distribute religious classics, publish religious publications and run social welfare undertakings as needed.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-China Religion