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shenjiao

Chinese folk religion

Also known as: folk Daoism

Learn about this topic in these articles:

Daoism

In Daoism: Communal folk Daoism (shenjiao)
Popular, or folk, religion is not a separate religious tradition but the wholly unorganized undercurrent of Chinese religious culture from the earliest times, shared by all strata of society. The Chinese have no single name for it; it may be called the religion of…
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role in Chinese history

In China: Daoism of China
The suppression of the Yellow Turbans and other Daoist religious movements in 184 ce had left Daoism decapitated. With the elimination of its highest leadership, the movement had fallen apart into many small religious communities, each led by a local Daoist master (daoshi),…
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