Chinese folk religion

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Chinese folk religion is a syncretic system of traditional Chinese beliefs and practices that blends ancestor worship, local deities, Taoist and Buddhist elements, and popular rituals.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Chinese folk religion canonical 376
Chaoshan folk religion 1
Chinese Kitchen God tradition 1

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Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf folk religion
religion
syncretic religion
traditional Chinese belief system
associatedWithEthnicGroup Han Chinese
countryOfOrigin China
follows ancestor worship
hasConcept auspiciousness
cosmic bureaucracy
merit and retribution
qi
taboo observance
yin and yang
hasDeity Caishen
Chenghuangshen
Dragon King
Guandi
Guanyin
Jade Emperor
Kitchen God
Mazu
Tudigong
hasRitualSpecialist fengshui master
ritual master
shaman
spirit medium
hasSacredSpace ancestral hall
household altar
temple
includesBelief Heaven
surface form: Heaven (Tian)

ancestral spirits
city gods
earth gods
household gods
nature spirits
underworld bureaucracy
includesPractice burning of incense
burning of joss paper
divination
exorcism rituals
ritual offerings
seasonal rites
spirit mediumship
temple festivals
veneration of local deities
influencedBy Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
observesFestival Dragon Boat Festival
Ghost Festival
Lantern Festival
Spring Festival
surface form: Lunar New Year

Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations
surface form: Mid-Autumn Festival

Qingming Festival
practicedIn Chinese diaspora communities
Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong

Macau
China
surface form: Mainland China

Malaysia
Singapore
Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan

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Referenced by (380)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spring and Autumn period religion Chinese folk religion
King Zhuang of Chu religion Chinese folk religion
Western Xia religion Chinese folk religion
Chu silk manuscripts associatedWith Chinese folk religion
this entity surface form: Chinese mythology
State of Yue religion Chinese folk religion
State of Han religion Chinese folk religion
City God of Shanghai religion Chinese folk religion
Chenghuangshen religion Chinese folk religion
Guan Yu religion Chinese folk religion
Guan Yu veneratedIn Chinese folk religion
King Zhou of Shang religion Chinese folk religion
this entity surface form: Shang religion
Taktser, Amdo, Tibet religion Chinese folk religion
state of Yan religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: State of Yan
Ông Công Ông Táo influencedBy Chinese folk religion
this entity surface form: Chinese Kitchen God tradition
Cao Rui religion Chinese folk religion
Later Zhou religion Chinese folk religion
state of Wei religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: State of Wei
Zhou state religion Chinese folk religion
Chinese majorReligion Chinese folk religion
Li people religion Chinese folk religion
Teo-Swa hasEthnicReligion Chinese folk religion
Chaoshan culture hasPart Chinese folk religion
this entity surface form: Chaoshan folk religion
Chaoshan culture religion Chinese folk religion
Tudigong religion Chinese folk religion
Kitchen God religion Chinese folk religion
Dragon King religion Chinese folk religion
Ghost Festival religiousTradition Chinese folk religion
Cao Kun religion Chinese folk religion
Teochew people religion Chinese folk religion
Yao minority traditionalReligion Chinese folk religion
Laozi veneratedIn Chinese folk religion
Yanluo Wang religion Chinese folk religion
Hoa religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Hoa people
Hoklo people hasReligion Chinese folk religion
City of a Thousand Temples associatedReligion Chinese folk religion
Cap Go Meh hasReligiousAspect Chinese folk religion
Eastern Zhou religion Chinese folk religion
Qingming Festival religiousContext Chinese folk religion
state of Qin religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: State of Qin
Southwest China religion Chinese folk religion
Qin Er Shi religion Chinese folk religion
King Wu of Zhou religion Chinese folk religion
Sun Hao religion Chinese folk religion
Later Liang religion Chinese folk religion
Guandi veneratedIn Chinese folk religion
Caishen religion Chinese folk religion
Xiangnan (southern Hunan) cultural region hasReligion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Xiangnan cultural region
King You of Zhou religion Chinese folk religion
Chinese Thais religion Chinese folk religion
Peranakan Chinese religion Chinese folk religion