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 (Tian)
linked to: Heaven

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
Lunar New Year
linked to: Spring Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival
Qingming Festival
practicedIn Chinese diaspora communities
Hong Kong
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Macau
Mainland China
linked to: China

Malaysia
Singapore
Taiwan

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

Chinese Indonesians religion Chinese folk religion
Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing Empire hasReligion Chinese folk religion
Temple of Heaven religiousTradition Chinese folk religion
Manchukuo religion Chinese folk religion
Taoism relatedTradition Chinese folk religion
Heaven associatedWith Chinese folk religion
Han Chinese religion Chinese folk religion
Qin dynasty religion Chinese folk religion
Han dynasty religion Chinese folk religion
State of Chu religion Chinese folk religion
Lingnan religion Chinese folk religion
Qing dynasty religion Chinese folk religion
Vietnamese folk religion hasInfluenceFrom Chinese folk religion
Chinese peasantry religion Chinese folk religion
Southern China hasReligiousTradition Chinese folk religion
subject linked to: southern China
Cholon religionPracticed Chinese folk religion
Mengjiang religion Chinese folk religion
Zhou dynasty religion Chinese folk religion
Western China hasReligion Chinese folk religion
Confucius religion Chinese folk religion
Chinese Malaysians religion Chinese folk religion
Chinatown (Yokohama) majorReligion Chinese folk religion
subject linked to: Chinatown
Sam Poo Kong Temple religion Chinese folk religion
Chenghua Emperor religion Chinese folk religion
Longshan Temple religion Chinese folk religion
Hongwu Emperor religion Chinese folk religion
Li associatedWithReligion Chinese folk religion
Amoy, Fujian, Qing dynasty religion Chinese folk religion
Qinghai hasReligion Chinese folk religion
Northern Wei dynasty religion Chinese folk religion
Shangchuan Island hasReligion Chinese folk religion
subject linked to: Shangchuan Island, China
Chinese Buddhism influencedBy Chinese folk religion
Xibe religion Chinese folk religion
Qi associatedWithReligion Chinese folk religion
subject linked to: qi
Han Taiwanese religion Chinese folk religion
Southern Taiwan religion Chinese folk religion
subject linked to: southern Taiwan
Mount Tai religion Chinese folk religion
State of Lu religion Chinese folk religion
Eastern Wu religion Chinese folk religion
Yinchuan religionPresence Chinese folk religion
Chinese Surinamese religion Chinese folk religion
Fengdu County religiousTraditionsPresent Chinese folk religion
Former Han religion Chinese folk religion
Cao Wei religion Chinese folk religion
Hakka people traditionalReligion Chinese folk religion
Xiong clan religion Chinese folk religion
Zhuanxu partOf Chinese folk religion