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| Keywords: Demography of religions in China.png Demography of religions in China Map based on http //img webme com/pic/g/geographie-ville-en-guerre/religions-chine jpg this other map 1 and http //cybergeo revues org/docannexe/image/23808/img-3 jpg this other one 2 Legend 8B0000 Chinese traditional religions including worship of gods and ancestors Confucianism and Taoism FFD700 Buddhism 3CB371 Islam DDA0DD Non-Han Chinese traditional faiths Zhuang Shigongism Yi Bimoism Miao Hmongism Yao Taoism 7FFFD4 Tengerism Mongolian shamanism ADFF2F Tungus and Manchu shamanism Chinese traditional religions worship of gods and ancestors Taoism and Confucianism are dominant in the provinces populated by a Han Chinese majority and have a presence in areas with large Han Chinese settlements In northeastern China Manchuria Dongbei it has developed unique characteristics forms of practice and pantheon from its interaction with Manchu shamanism Among Han Chinese the second largest religion is Chinese Buddhism Theravada Buddhism is present in the southern part of Hainan practiced by the Li people Tibetan Buddhism has an absolute majority in Tibet and a strong presence of around 20 in Qinghai which population is 20 of Tibetan ethnic stock and a smaller percentage in Inner Mongolia Mongolians practice it alongside their indigenous faith Tengerism or Mongolian shamanism Islam has a majority of over 50 in Xinjiang populated by the Uyghurs and a strong presence in Ningxia the Hui Chinese autonomous region at the centre of China Large minorities 20-30 of practitioners of non-Han Chinese ethnic faiths such as Shigongism of the Zhuang Bimoism of the Yi Hmongism of the Miao and the Taoism of the Yao are present in Guangxi Guizhou and Yunnan Own work of user Khny based on http //img webme com/pic/g/geographie-ville-en-guerre/religions-chine jpg this map 1 original source DUMORTIER Brigitte 2002 Atlas des religions Autrement collection Atlas Paris p 32 and http //cybergeo revues org/docannexe/image/23808/img-3 jpg this map 2 original sources Narody Vostochnoi Asii Ethnic Groups of East Asia 1965 Zhongguo Minsu Dili Folklore Geography of China 1999 Zhongguo Dili Geography of China 2002 2014-07-11 User Khny Allowed to copy and distribute Religion maps of China | ||||
