Tradition Institution East Asian traditions
Chinese folk religion
中國民間宗教 zh 中国の民俗宗教 ja 중국의 민간신앙 ko
Traditional Han Chinese religious belief systems
- Also called traditional Chinese religion
A path that branches,
meets and parts.
Schools and lineages
Branches · 2
Many paths. Shared histories.
2 branches recorded under Chinese folk religion, one step down, as the records give them.
What this means
Association and branching, in both directions. Traditions overlap, split and re-merge; this is not a single-origin family tree, and being listed under another tradition is not the same as being recognised by it.
Does not imply a clean single-origin family tree · that the parent recognises the branch
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Recorded as a branch of
Deities · 4
Gods and divine figures
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 4 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A god named in a tradition is a figure of its accounts; a picture of one is a work of art, not a likeness.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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XiheSun goddess in ancient Chinese mythology, mother of the three-legged ravens -
Twelve Flower Fairiesfairies corresponding to seasonal flowers in Chinese folk religion -
Yu Shiqiegoddess of rain in Taoism and Chinese folk religion -
landlord godChinese tutelary god for specific buildings, especially homes
Not its own picture Xihe — lead image of the English Wikipedia article
Institutions · 2
Houses
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 2 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A ruling house that names a tradition is a family’s recorded affiliation, not its subjects’ practice; an office is a line of holders, not a family.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
2 statements on this record
- 2 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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