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

Referenced by (380)

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

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Queen Mother of the West (in some traditions) religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Queen Mother of the West
Yuhuang Dadi religion Chinese folk religion
Jade Palace religion Chinese folk religion
God of War religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: God of War (Chinese folk religion)
Mengde religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Cao Cao
state of Cao Wei religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Cao Wei
Liu Zhao religion Chinese folk religion
Emperor Min of Jin religion Chinese folk religion
Emperor Xuan of Jin religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Sima Yi
Bouyei people religion Chinese folk religion
Hokkiens religion Chinese folk religion
Consort Wang religion Chinese folk religion
Tsinoys religion Chinese folk religion
Yizong religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Emperor Yizong of Tang
Zhou royal house religion Chinese folk religion
Emperor Huai of Han religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Liu Shan
Di Xin of Shang religion Chinese folk religion
Tai Si religion Chinese folk religion
King Ji of Zhou religion Chinese folk religion
Khitan religion Chinese folk religion
Emperor Ai religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Emperor Ai of Tang
Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (Li Chen) religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Emperor Xuānzong of Tang
King of Qin religion Chinese folk religion
Wei religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Wei (Warring States)
Yan religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Yan (state)
Shizong religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Emperor Wu of Han
Ying Huhai religion Chinese folk religion
Zilie religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Sun Xiu
Ji Fa religion Chinese folk religion
Fa religion Chinese folk religion
Liu Bei faction religion Chinese folk religion
Duchess Dugu religion Chinese folk religion
Chaoshan people religion Chinese folk religion
Guanyu religion Chinese folk religion
Guandi miao religion Chinese folk religion
Hòu Liáng religion Chinese folk religion
Yuanzong religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Sun Hao
Duke Mu of Qin religion Chinese folk religion
Hlai people religion Chinese folk religion
Minyue region of ancient China religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Minyue region
Li Yuanji religion Chinese folk religion
Teo-Swa people religion Chinese folk religion
Kam religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Kam people
Gongnie religion Chinese folk religion
Binondo, Manila, Philippines religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: Binondo
Yijiu religion Chinese folk religion
subject surface form: King Ping of Zhou
Chinese Cambodians religion Chinese folk religion
Chinese Burmese religion Chinese folk religion