2006-12-01 14:37:55 · 9 answers · asked by MSV_MGT 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Official position of the Chinese govenrment, as was that of the Former Soviet Union is that the people SHOULD be athiests as any sort of religious belief detracts and distracts from the goals and aims of the Party. However, while there are a significant number of people in China that are athiests, the majoprity of chinese citizens follow some variety of religious doctrine. The main religious belief, that being the one followed by the most people, is Budhism. While technically Buddhism is more of a philosophical doctrrine than a religious one, it has enough traits of a religious belief to be considered as one. The ame applies to the next most widespread belief system, Taoism. After that there are a number of people that follow an acknowledged philosophical system known as Cunfucianism. There are also a number of people that practice a form of ancestor worship that is practiced in some varient throughout Asia and has elements in common with Japanese Shinto and Native American Shamanism.
2006-12-01 14:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
China is a multi-religious country. Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism, with the first three being more wide spread.Various religions exert different influence on different ethnic groups. Islam is followed by the Hui, Uygur, Kazak, Kirgiz, Tatar, Dongxiang, Salar and Bonan nationalities; Buddhism and Lamaism are followed by the Tibetan, Mongolian, Dai and Yugur nationalities; Christianity is followed by the Miao, Yao and Yi nationalities; Shamanism is followed by the Oroqen, Ewenki and Daur nationalities; the majority Han nationality believes in Buddhism, Christianity and Taoism
2006-12-01 14:43:08 · answer #2 · answered by kaiju 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Communism
2006-12-01 14:40:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Taoism is the oldest in China.
Buddhism made great gains standing along side Taoism for centuries.
Athiesm is the "official" position of the People's Republic of China.
However, Chrisitanity began to make inroads when William Wallace went there in the 1800's, and others followed. Today there are unofficial estimates that the underground church of the PRC is as large as 1/3 of their population, but 300,000,000 seems an optimistic estimate.
2006-12-01 14:47:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Buddhism
2006-12-01 15:08:51 · answer #5 · answered by David A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is illegal in china. They used to crack down on this very harshly (basically executing most religious leaders). Today, it's rather haphazard. Although cruel and harsh, they only go after people sporadically.
2006-12-01 14:43:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
China isn't alowed to have religon thanks to... COMMUNISTS... but Taoists, Confucists, and Buddhists all are coming back... The philosophy religions. It is also starting up a little Catholic and Hindu and Scientologist religions.
2006-12-01 14:47:51 · answer #7 · answered by David N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
China is officially atheist.
2006-12-01 14:40:51 · answer #8 · answered by October 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mainly Buddhist, but there are many, many Atheists due to communism.
2006-12-01 14:40:56 · answer #9 · answered by . 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋