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What role does Confucianism/Buddhism play in China? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just wondering, officially communists are atheists. But there are still many temples inside China? Is that a contradiction? Also there are many more different faiths inside china:

Muslims
evangelical christians *…

How compatible are these with Confucianism? As far as I understand Confucianism is not really a religion? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If I had to wager a guess I'd say both Confucianism and Buddhism are more philosophies than religions. I have known many who practice Buddhist teachings and traditions on top of whatever religion they consider themselves to be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I heard that chinese are praying to ghosts or ancestor spirits or something. Is that true? Is HongKong more "tradionalist" than the rest in that sense?