Chinese traditional religion is a loosely-connected system of practices and beliefs that has been practiced by large segments of the Han Chinese population of China from the early period of Chinese continuing to the present. With the influx of Western cultural influences for several centuries and the complex developments and modernization of the 20th century, the prevalence of Chinese traditional beliefs has declined, but still remain strong, many or most gradually transforming into elements of culture and social b ...

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Chinese traditional religion - Western views Chinese traditional religion - Demographics

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Chinese traditional religion, Chinese traditional religion - Western views, Chinese traditional religion - Demographics

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Chinese traditional systems of thought are both varied and mixed, so it's difficult to point to a single, central structure to Chinese ethics. In addition, there is always the question of whether beliefs form behaviour, or behavior forms beliefs — in other words, whether an ethical system is something that people try to follow, or just a description of what they do. However, this being said, it is nonetheless true th ...

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Ethics in religion, Ethics in religion - Ethics in the Bible, Ethics in religion - Jewish ethics, Ethics in religion - Christian ethics, Ethics in religion - Hindu ethics, Ethics in religion - Buddhist ethics, Ethics in religion - Chinese traditional ethics, Ethics in religion - Islamic ethics, Ethics in religion - Shinto ethics, Ethics in religion - Animist ethics

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Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year which has been designated the Year of the Monkey, 4701. The date is computed on the basis of the Chinese Lunisolar Calendar which harmonises both the lunar cycle and the solar year by incorporating astronomical observations of the phases of the moon and the apparent path of the sun.

The Chinese New Year is celebrated on the second new moon (lunar) after the winter solstice (solar). The winter solstice occurs when the apparent path of the sun reaches its lowest point on the horizon.

(See also: Chinese New Year, Indian Festivals, Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

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Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. Early Korean monks believed that the traditions they received from China were internally inconsistent. To address this, they developed a new holistic approach to Buddhism. This approach is characteristic of virtually all major Korean thinkers, and has resulted in a distinct variation of Buddhism, which Wonhyo (617–686) called the Tongbulgyo ("interpenetrated Buddhism"). K ...

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• Korean Buddhism - Historical overview of the development of Korean Buddhism
• Korean Buddhism - Buddhism in the Three Kingdoms
• Korean Buddhism - Baekje
• Korean Buddhism - Kaya
• Korean Buddhism - Silla
• Korean Buddhism - Buddhism in the Unified Silla period 668-918
• Korean Buddhism - Buddhism as state religion in the Goryeo period 918-1392
• Korean Buddhism - Suppression under the Joseon dynasty 1392-1910
• Korean Buddhism - Buddhism during the Japanese occupation 1910-1945
• Korean Buddhism - Buddhism and Westernization 1945-present
• Korean Buddhism - Looking Ahead

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Chinese folk religion comprises the religion practiced in much of China for thousands of years which included ancestor worship and drew heavily upon concepts and beings within Chinese mythology. It is a constituent part of Chinese traditional religion. Folk religions have been practiced alongside Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism by Chinese people throughout the world for thousands of years. Worship, legends, festivals and various devotions associated with different folk gods and goddesses form an important part of Chinese cul ...

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Ethics is a branch of philosophy dealing with right and wrong in human behaviour. All religions have a moral component, and religious approaches to the problem of ethics historically dominated ethics over secular approaches. From the point of view of theistic religions, to the extent that ethics stems from revealed truth from divine sources, ethics is studied as a branch of theology. Many believe that the Golden Rule, which teaches people to "treat others as you want to be treated", is the common denominator of all moral codes and religions. ...

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Ethics in religion - Ethics in the Bible
Ethics in religion - Jewish ethics Ethics in religion - Christian ethics
Ethics in religion - Hindu ethics Ethics in religion - Buddhist ethics Ethics in religion - Chinese traditional ethics Ethics in religion - Islamic ethics Ethics in religion - Shinto ethics Ethics in religion - Animist ethics

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Eastern religion refers to religions that are mostly either Indian or Chinese in origin: The Dharma faiths of Hinduism, Ayyavazhi, Jainism and Buddhism; and the Chinese religious philosophies of Taoism and Confucianism. This grouping also includes other religions, most notably Shinto, the traditional religion of Japan. Eastern Religion - Hinduism. Hinduism (सनातन धर्म; also known as Sanātana Dharma, Wiktionary:Sanatana Dharma and Vaidika-Dharma, Wikitionary:Vaidika-D ...

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Eastern Religion - Hinduism Eastern Religion - Ayyavazhi Eastern Religion - Buddhism

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Dào is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese character 道, representing a word usually rendered in English as Tao, and used as the root word for the English term Taoism. Taoism is a native Chinese philosophy and religion that, along with its various offshoot sects and syncretisms with other traditions (Chan Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism), has influenced much of East Asia for ...

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Daoism-Taoism Romanization issue - External link

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Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes and often reflect a particular view of marriage. Wedding traditions and customs - Italian customs. At the start of a typical Italian wedding reception, the bridal party and the rest of the guests are separated for an hour and served cocktails. The food during cocktail hour is served in a buffet setup. At the conclusion of cocktail hour, the guests will gather in t ...

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Wedding traditions and customs - Italian customs Wedding traditions and customs - United States customs
Wedding traditions and customs - Christian weddings Wedding traditions and customs - African-American customs
Wedding traditions and customs - Romanian customs Wedding traditions and customs - Chinese customs Wedding traditions and customs - Scottish customs
Wedding traditions and customs - Wedding gifts Wedding traditions and customs - Recent Weddings in Scotland Wedding traditions and customs - External links

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Debated during the Warring States Period and forbidden during the short-lived Qin Dynasty, Confucianism was chosen by Han Wudi for use as a political system to govern the Chinese state. Despite its loss of influence during the Tang Dynasty, Confucianist doctrine remained a mainstream Chinese orthodoxy for two millennia until the 20th century, when it was attacked by radical Chinese thinkers as a vanguard of a feudal system and an obstacle to China's modernization, eventually culminating in its repression and vilification during the Cultural ...

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Confucianism - Development of early Confucianism Confucianism - The spread of Confucianism Confucianism - Rites Confucianism - Governing Confucianism - Meritocracy Confucianism - Themes in Confucian thought
Confucianism - Ritual Confucianism - Relationships Confucianism - Humaneness Confucianism - The perfect gentleman
Confucianism - Debates
Confucianism - Does Confucianism promote corruption? Confucianism - Was there a Confucianism? Confucianism - The Script controversy Confucianism - Is Confucianism a religion?
Confucianism - Names for Confucianism Confucianism - Confucianism and other schools of thought
Confucianism - Confucianism and Catholicism
Confucianism - Quotations

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Lao Zi (Chinese 老子, also spelled Lao Tzu) is a major figure in Chinese philosophy whose historical existence is debated. Chinese tradition states that he lived in the 6th century BCE. Many modern scholars state that he may have lived in approximately the 4th century BCE, during the Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Periods. Lao Zi is credited with writing the seminal Taoist work, the Dao De Jing (道德經), and became a popular deity in the Taoist religion's pantheon. Laozi - His life. < ...

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I-Kuan Tao, also Yi Guan Dao, or usually initialized as IKT (一貫道, translated as the Unity Sect) is a new religious movement that originated in twentieth-century China. At the same time it incorporates much older elements from Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism, and recognizes the validity of non-Chinese religious traditions such as Christianity and Islam as well. For this reason it is often classified as a syncretistic or syncretic sect, along with other similar religions in the Hsien Tien D ...

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I-Kuan Tao - The Name I-Kuan Tao - Deities I-Kuan Tao - History
I-Kuan Tao - Official history I-Kuan Tao - The present
I-Kuan Tao - Practices I-Kuan Tao - The Three Treasures I-Kuan Tao - The Structure I-Kuan Tao - Literature

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Chögyam Trungpa (1940 - April 4, 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher and artist. Born in Tibet, Chögyam Trungpa was the eleventh in a line of Trungpa tülkus, important figures in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1959, after having already achieved wide renown for his teachings in his native country, he fled the Chinese invasion and crossed the Himalaya on foot into India. After familiarizing himself with the English language he studied Comparative Religion at Oxford and then came to t ...

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The Five Classics (五經, Wǔjīng) is a corpus of five ancient Chinese books used by Confucianism as the basis of studies. According to tradition, they were compiled or edited by Confucius himself. The Classic of Changes or I Ching (易經 Yì Jīng), a manual of divination based on the eight trigrams attributed to the mythical emperor Fu Xi. (By Confucius' time these eight trigrams had been multiplied to sixty-four hexagrams.) The I Ching is still used by adherents of folk religion. The

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The Zhuang (Simplified: 壮族; Traditional: 壯族; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuàngzú; own name: Bouчcueŋь/Bouxcuengh) are an ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Their population, estimated at 18 million people, puts them second only to the Han Chinese and ma ...

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Zhuang - Geography Zhuang - Culture
Zhuang - Language Zhuang - Religion Zhuang - History
Zhuang - Etymological Note

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China listen ▶ (help·info) (Traditional: 中國; Simplified: 中国; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) refers to a number of states and cultures that have existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another in continental East Asia, dating back nearly 5,000 years. Modern China has been described as both a single civilization and multiple civilizations, as a single state or multiple states, ...

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China - Terminology
China - Zhongguo China - China
China - History China - Chinese Pre-history China - Political history China - Territory
China - Historical overview China - Historical political divisions China - Geography and climate
China - Society
China - Demographics China - Culture China - Religion China - Arts scholarship and literature China - Science and technology
China - Miscellaneous topics

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The Culture of Thailand is heavily influenced by Buddhism. Other influences have included Brahmanism, conflict and trade with Southeast Asian neighbors such as Laos and Myanmar, and repeated influxes of Chinese immigrants. Culture of Thailand - Arts. Thai visual art was traditionally primarily Buddhist. Thai Buddha images from different periods have a number of distinctive styles. Contemporary Thai art often combines traditional Thai elements with modern techniques. Literature in Thailand is heavily ...

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Culture of Thailand - Arts Culture of Thailand - Religion Culture of Thailand - Cuisine Culture of Thailand - Sport Culture of Thailand - Customs Culture of Thailand - Marriage Culture of Thailand - Funerals

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Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. Early Korean monks believed that the traditions they received from China were internally inconsistent. To address this, they developed a new holistic approach to Buddhism. This approach is characteristic of virtually all major Korean thinkers, and has resulted in a distinct variation of Buddhism, which Wonhyo (617–686) called the Tongbulgyo ("interpenetrated Buddhism"). K ...

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Korean Buddhism - Historical overview of the development of Korean Buddhism Korean Buddhism - Buddhism in the Three Kingdoms
Korean Buddhism - Goguryeo Korean Buddhism - Baekje Korean Buddhism - Kaya Korean Buddhism - Silla
Korean Buddhism - Buddhism in the Unified Silla period 668-918 Korean Buddhism - Buddhism as state religion in the Goryeo period 918-1392 Korean Buddhism - Suppression under the Joseon dynasty 1392-1910 Korean Buddhism - Buddhism during the Japanese occupation 1910-1945 Korean Buddhism - Buddhism and Westernization 1945-present Korean Buddhism - Looking Ahead

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Several names for Confucianism exist in Chinese. "School of the Scholars" (pinyin Rújiā) 儒家 (Traditional and Simplified Chinese) "Teaching of the Scholars" (pinyin: Rujiao) 儒教 (Traditional and Simplified) "Scholarly study" or "Scholar studies" (pinyin: Ruxue) 儒學 (Traditional) 儒学 (Simplified) "Teaching of Confucius" or "Religion of Confucius" (pinyin: Kongjiao)