The world has slowly grown to pay attention to only two religions: Christianity and Islam. These two religions have 2.3 ...

(Read Chapter 3 on Buddhism.) Historically, Confucianism, Taoism and folk religions – along with Buddhism – have helped shape Chinese people’s understanding of the universe. Even today, these ...

Han Buddhism, the dominant branch of Buddhism in China, has blended with local belief systems including Taoism and Confucianism over the centuries and is now viewed as part of traditional Chinese ...

Those artists were able to transform the spiritual ideals of Taoism and Buddhism into incredibly intense engagements with nature and ordinary people. Many excelled, but none did it better than Tu Fu.

However, the Party officially recognises five religions: Taoism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism and Islam. Folk religions like Mother Chen have strong links to Taoism — an ancient religion ...