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Religion in China (1AD-2020CE)

China is a country with many religions. Buddhism, Taoism and Islam are quite popular, while there are also Christian believers (both Catholic and Protestant). Chinese citizens have freedom of religious belief. The State protects normal religious activities and the legitimate rights and interests of religious circles. The Constitution, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Electoral Law, Military Service Law, Compulsory Education Law, Labor Law, the Law on Regional Ethnic Autonomy and the General Principles of Civil Law all provide explicit and detailed stipulations on the protection of freedom of religious belief and the equal rights of believers. No State organs, public organizations and individuals may compel citizens to believe in or not to believe in any religion, nor may they discriminate against citizens who believe in or do not believe in any religion. National religious bodies include the Buddhist Association of China, the China Taoist Association, the Islamic Association of China, the Patriotic Association of the Catholic Church in China, the Chinese Catholic Bishops College, the Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee of the Protestant Churches of China and the China Christian Council. All the religious bodies elect leaders and leading bodies according to their articles of association. In addition to the aforementioned national religious bodies, there are more than 3,000 religious bodies at the provincial and county levels. All the religious bodies and believers independently organize religious activities and conduct religious services under the protection of the Constitution and the law. Currently, there are 74 religious schools in China, such as the Chinese Institute of Buddhist Studies, the Institute of Islamic Theology, the Chinese Institute of Taoist Studies, the Jinling Union Theological Seminary in Nanjing and the Chinese Catholic Seminary. There are more than 10 religious publications, 85,000 venues for religious activities, 100 million religious believers and 300,000 professional religious personnel. Buddhism has a history of 2,000 years in China. Now there are more than 13,000 Buddhist temples with about 200,000 monks and nuns. Of them, about 7 million are people of different ethnic groups who believe in Tibetan Buddhism, including 120,000 lamas and nuns and 1,700 Living Buddhas in more than 3,000 monasteries. Taoism originated in China and has a history of more than 1,700 years. Currently, there are more than 1,500 Taoist temples, with over 25,000 Taoist priests and nuns. Islam was introduced to China in the seventh century. Now 10 ethnic minorities believe in Islam, including the Hui and Uygur people, totalling 18 million. There are more than 30,000 mosques and more than 40,000 imams and akhunds (teachers). Catholicism began to enter China in the seventh century and got popular after the First Opium War (1840-42). Chinese Catholics now have 115 dioceses, 70 bishops, more than 1,100 priests, 1,200 nuns, 4 million followers and 4,000 clerics. There are close to 5,000 churches open to the public throughout the country, together with 36 monasteries with more than 1,900 friars. Since 1981, consecration was held for more than 900 priests. There are also 50-plus convents in the country, and more than 1,000 nuns have expressed their preliminary desire to serve God. The Chinese Catholic Church has its own publishing houses, which have printed more than 3 million copies of The Bible and other church publications. The Chinese Catholic Bishops College and the Patriotic Association of Catholic Church in China jointly publish a magazine entitled Chinese Catholicism. Protestantism was introduced to China in the early 19th century, especially after the Opium War. Currently, there are about 15 million Protestants, and 18,000 pastors and other staff. They have 12,000 churches and 25,000 sites for religious activities. Chinese citizens are not only entitled to the right to freedom of religious belief but also must perform duties prescribed by the Constitution and the law. The Constitution of the PRC explicitly stipulates: "No one may make use of religion to engage in activities that disrupt public order, impair the health of citizens or interfere with the educational system of the State." For those who make use of religion to engage in illegal activities, the Chinese Government will punish them according to law, regardless of whether they are religious believers or not. Religious believers who have violated the law will be penalized according to the law like any other citizens who have violated the law. Music: 1) 唐人街 link:   • 唐人街   2) The Beast - Dream Cave link:   • The Beast - Dream Cave   3) Tropic Fuse link:   • Tropic Fuse   ..... .... ... .. . #god #religion #theology #christianity #islam #judaism #confucianism #taoism #budhism #atheism #empirismo #naturalism #tibetanbuddhism #nestorianism #Bon #eastasia #china #centralasia #silkroad #mongolempire #uighur #tibet #innermongolia