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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

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

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subject surface form: Qinghai
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Eastern Wei religion Chinese folk religion
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Zhu Youyuan religion Chinese folk religion
Northern Zhou religion Chinese folk religion
Yao religion Chinese folk religion
Maonan religion Chinese folk religion
Former Qin religion Chinese folk religion
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Zhao Mausoleum religion Chinese folk religion
Mao Yichang religion Chinese folk religion
Gao Zhan religion Chinese folk religion
Gao Yang religion Chinese folk religion
Later Yan religion Chinese folk religion
Zhu Changhao religion Chinese folk religion
Western Wei religion Chinese folk religion
Empress Xiaoyichun religion Chinese folk religion
Dingdongling Mausoleum religion Chinese folk religion
Chinese Temple (Oroville Chinese Temple) religion Chinese folk religion
Daur religion Chinese folk religion
Tan Yuling religion Chinese folk religion
Hokkien people religion Chinese folk religion
Sze Yup region religion Chinese folk religion
Qi religion Chinese folk religion
Cao E religion Chinese folk religion
Temple of Marquis Wu religion Chinese folk religion
Later Jin (Five Dynasties) religion Chinese folk religion
State of Song religion Chinese folk religion
Ersuic peoples religion Chinese folk religion
Yao people religion Chinese folk religion
House of Jiang religion Chinese folk religion
Muling Mausoleum religion Chinese folk religion
Empress Xiaoquancheng religion Chinese folk religion
Guangong religion Chinese folk religion
Quan Cong Temple religion Chinese folk religion
Hoa people religion Chinese folk religion
Quan De Temple religion Chinese folk religion
Zhurong Gong (Zhurong Temple) religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Zhurong Gong
Sino-Mauritians religion Chinese folk religion
Former Zhao religion Chinese folk religion
Xin dynasty religion Chinese folk religion
Later Qin religion Chinese folk religion