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Nine Emperor Gods Festival

May 22, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

The Nine Emperor Gods Festival (Malay: Perayaan Dewa Sembilan Maharaja, Thai: เทศกาลกินเจ) is a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, nine-emperor-gods-festival-celebrated-with-primarily in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand by the Peranakans (exclude other Overseas Chinesecommunity). Contents Introduction to the Nine Emperor Gods Nine Emperor Gods Festival celebration in popular folk

Wang Ye worship

May 22, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Wang Ye worship (Chinese: 王爺信仰) is a Fujianese and Taiwanese folk religion, frequently considered an aspect of the Taoist belief system. Wang Ye is particularly worshiped in Southern Taiwan. The customary belief is that Wang Ye (Chinese: 王爺; pinyin: Wángyé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông-iâ; lit. ‘royal lord’), are divine emissaries who tour the world of the living on behalf of the celestial realm, expelling disease and evil from those who worship them. A

Religion in China

May 22, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

China officially espouses state atheism, but in reality many Chinese citizens, including Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members, practice some kind of Chinese folk religion. Chinese civilization has historically long been a cradle and host to a variety of the most enduring religio-philosophical traditions of the world. Confucianism and Taoism (Daoism), later joined by Buddhism, constitute the “three teachings” that have shaped Chinese culture. There are no clear

Manchu shamanism

May 22, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Manchu folk religion is the ethnic religion practiced by most of the Manchu people, the major-Tungusicgroup, in China. It can also be called Manchu shamanism by virtue of the word “shaman” being originally from Tungusic šamán (“man of knowledge”), later applied by Western scholars to similar religious practices in other cultures. It is an animistic and polytheistic religion, believing in several gods and spirits, led by a universal sky god called Abka Enduri (“Sky

Mongolian shamanism

May 22, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Mongolian shamanism (Mongolian: Бөө мөргөл — Böö mörgöl), more broadly called the Mongolian folk religion, or occasionally Tengerism, refers to the animistic and shamanic ethnic religion that has been practiced in Mongoliaand its surrounding areas (including Buryatia and Inner Mongolia) at least since the age of recorded history. In the earliest known stages it was intricately tied to all other aspects of social life and to the tribal organization of Mongolian society. Along

Mo (religion)

May 22, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Mo or Moism (Chinese: 麽教; pinyin: Mó jiào) is the religion of most Zhuang people, the largest ethnic minority of China. It has a large presence in Guangxi. While it has a supreme god, the creator Bu Luotuo (布洛陀), numerous other deities are venerated as well. It has a three-element-theory (sky, earth and water). Mo is animistic, teaching that spirits are present in everything. Mo developed from prehistoric beliefs of the Zhuang people; it also

Tengrism

May 22, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Tengrism (also known as Tengriism, Tengerism, or Tengrianism) is an ancient ethnic and state Turko-Mongolic religion originating in Central Asia and the Eurasian steppes, based on folk shamanism, monotheistic at the imperial level, and generally centered around the titular sky god Tengri. The term also describes several contemporary Turko-Mongolic native religious movements and teachings. All modern adherents of “political” Tengrism are monotheists. It was the prevailing religion of the Turks, Mongols, Bulgars, Xiongnu, Huns, and,

Miao folk religion

May 22, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Kev Dab Kev Qhuas (Hmong folk spirituality or Miao folk spirituality) is the common ethnic religionof Miao peoples, best translated as the practice of spirituality. The religion is also called Hmongismby a Hmong American church established in 2012 to organize it among Hmong people in the United States. This practice has a blend of animistic theology,the respect between people and natural land spirits, and the understanding of the

Benzhuism

May 22, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Benzhuism (Chinese: 本主教; pinyin: Běnzhǔjiào; lit.‘religion of the patrons’) is the indigenous religion of the Bai people, an ethnic group of Yunnan, China. It consists in the worship of the ngel zex, the Bai word for “patrons” or “lords”, rendered as benzhu (本主) in Chinese, that are local gods and deified ancestorsof the Bai people. It is very similar to common Chinese religion. While many of the Bai are Buddhists, the local government of

Bimoism

May 22, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Bimoism (Chinese: 毕摩教; pinyin: Bìmójiào, Yi:ꀘꂾ) is the indigenous religion of the Yi people, the largest ethnic group in Yunnan after the Han Chinese. It takes its name from the bimo, shaman-priests who are also masters of Yi language and scriptures, wearing distinctive black robes and large hats. Since the 1980s, with the loosening of religion restrictions in China, Bimoism has undergone a revitalisation. In 1996, the Bimo Culture Research Center was founded. In