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Defining Chinese Folk Religion: A Methodological Interpretation
The major dilemma of defining Chinese folk religion was that it could be defined neither by its belief contents nor characteristics, as these might also be found in other religious traditions. The fact that it did not involve any authoritative doctrine, scripture or institution h
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09552367.2011.563993?scroll=top
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Chinese Traditional Religion - ReligionFacts
Chinese religion is not an organized, unified system of beliefs and practices. It has no leadership, headquarters, founder, or denominations. Instead, "Chinese religion" is a term describing the complex interaction of different religious and philosophical traditions that have bee
http://www.religionfacts.com/chinese-religion
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Chinese Folk Religion
Chinese folk religion comprises the religion practiced in much of China for thousands of years which included ancestor veneration and drew heavily upon concepts and beings within Chinese mythology. Chinese folk religion is sometimes seen as a constituent part of Chinese tradition
http://www.lightplanet.com/chinese_folk_religion.html
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Traditional Chinese Religion
Chinese folk religion must be considered in any study of Chinese people, even though it is difficult to define this religious form. In the past, Chinese folk religion was sometimes mistakenly considered a fusion of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, but it is now widely recogniz
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/religion-traditional.htm
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Basics of Chinese Folk Religions - Chinese folk religions: ancestor worship, temples, festivals and communal identities | Coursera
Video created by National Research University Higher School of Economics for the course "Religions and Society in China". This module's content describes the characteristic traits of Chinese sects and popular cults. This module introduces one of ...
https://www.coursera.org/lecture/religions-society-china/basics-of-chinese-folk-religions-354qJ
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The Concept of Soul in Chinese Folk Religion - jstor
VOL. XXXVIII, No. 3 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES MAY I979 ... beings propitiated by believers in Chinese folk religion are thought to orig
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2053785?seq=1
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Chinese Religions, Beliefs: Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism
Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism are the three major religions in China, although it is true to say that Confucianism is a school of philosophy rather than a religion.
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/religion/
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Chinese folk religion - Wikipedia
Chinese folk religion (Chinese popular religion) or Han folk religion[1] is the religious tradition of the Han people, including veneration of forces of nature and ancestors, exorcism of harmful forces, and a belief in the rational order of nature which can be influenced by human
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_folk_religion
