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Originally Posted by Astrana
I lived in China for 14 years and never seen one person practice Taoism and Confucianism. I think wikipedia need update their database.
official Chinese government statistic web site
http://www.zytzb.org.cn/zytzbwz/reli...0212190045.htm
there are 20 million Buddism monks in China, only 2.5 million Taoism Monks |
I really do not read Chinese so don't bother posting them.
Besides it's illegal for private parties to conduct surveys in mainland China isn't it.
Anyways here is some excerpt from Wiki since I guess you are not able to view it from mainland china.
"About
8% of the Chinese population are avowed Buddhists, with Mahayana (大乘, Dacheng) and its subsets Pure Land (Amidism), Tiantai and Zen being the most widely practiced."
"The number of Taoists is difficult to estimate, partly for definitional reasons (who counts as a Taoist?), and partly for practical ones. The number of people practicing some aspect of the Chinese folk religion might number in the hundreds of millions."
"Confucianism is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, and quasi-religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and history of East Asia."