List of indigenous religions of China
This is a list of indigenous religions of China (Engl. List of Original Religions of China's Minority Ethnic Groups ). In the following, this term is primarily understood to mean religions of ethnic minorities (see main article Peoples of China ) that are specific to one or more groups. In Chinese, the term Yuanshi Zongjiao ( Chinese 原始 宗教 , Pinyin yuánshǐ zōngjiào , English primitive religion; original religion ) is mostly used for these religions .
Overview
Pinyin / chinese / translation / nationality etc.
- Benjiao 苯教Bön religion (the Tibetan , Buddhist influenced)
- Benzhu chongbai 本主 崇拜Benzhu religion (the Bai , Buddhist influenced)
- Bimo jiao 毕 摩 教 / 畢 摩 教Bimo religion (the Yi )
- Daba jiao 达巴 教Daba religion (the Mosuo )
- Daojiao 道教Daoism (or Taoism) (predominantly of the Han Chinese , particularly strongly represented by the Yao and Zhuang )
- Dongbajiao 东巴 教Dongba religion (part of the Naxi )
- Hangui jiao 汗 归 教Hangui religion (the primi (Pumi))
- Nuosu 诺苏 / 諾蘇 religion, see Bimo religion (the Yi )
- Samanjiao 萨满 教Shamanism (the Daur , Evenks , Hezhen , Koreans , Manchu , Mongols , Oroqen , Xibe , Yugur )
literature
- Zhongguo yuanshi zongjiao baike quanshu中国 原始 宗教 百科全书 (Encyclopedia of the Indigenous Religions of China). Sichuan cishu chubanshe 四川 辞书 出版社, 2002
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See also
References and comments
- ↑ For example in the title of the encyclopedia Zhongguo yuanshi zongjiao baike quanshu中国 原始 宗教 百科全书 (Encyclopedia of the autochthonous religions of China), an important modern overview work on the subject.