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1、China’smajortraditionalfestivalsChinaisacountrywithgreatdiversityofreligions,withover100millionfollowersofthevariousfaiths.ThemainreligionsareBuddhism,Islam,Christianity,China’sindigenousTaoism,alongwithShamanism,EasternOrthodoxChristianityandtheNaxipeople’sDongbareligion.TheHui,Uygur,
2、Kazak,Kirgiz,Tatar,Ozbek,Tajik,Dongxiang,SalarandBonanpeoplesadheretoIslam;theTibetan,Mongolian,Lhoba,Moinba,TuandYugur,toTibetanBuddhism,andtheDai,BlangandDeangtoTheravadaBuddhism.QuiteafewMiao,YaoandYiareChristians.ReligiousHanChinesetendtopracticeBuddhism,ChristianityorTaoism.Buddhi
3、smwasintroducedtoChinafromIndiaapproximatelyinthefirstcenturyA.D.,becomingincreasinglypopularafterthefourthcentury.TibetanBuddhism,orLamaismasitissometimescalled,isfoundprimarilyinTibetandInnerMongolia.NowChinahasmorethan13,000Buddhisttemples,withabout200,000monksandnuns.Islamprobablyf
4、irstreachedChinainthemid-seventhcentury.DuringtheTang(618-907)andSong(960-1279)dynasties,ArabandPersianmerchantsoftheIslamicfaithcameoverlandthroughCentralAsiatonorthwestChinaandbyseatothecoastalcitiesinsoutheasternChina,bringingwiththemtheIslamicfaith.TheYuanDynasty(1279-1368)witnesse
5、dthezenithofprosperityofIslam.NowChinahasmorethan30,000mosquesandmorethan40,000imamsandahungs.ChristianityreachedChinaseveraltimesaftertheseventhcentury,andwasintroducedtothecountryonalargescaleaftertheOpiumWarof1840.NowthereareaboutfourmillionCatholicbelievers,4,000clergyandmorethan4,
6、600churchesandmeetingplacesinChina.ProtestantismwasintroducedtoChinaintheearly19thcentury,andspreadwidelyaftertheOpiumWar.NowChinahasabout10millionProtestantbelievers,18,000clergy,andmorethan12,000churchesand25,000othercentersofworship.BacktotheTopSocialCustomsDuringthelongcourseofhist
7、oricaldevelopment,China’sdifferentpeopleshavedevelopedindividualcustomsregardingfood,clothingandhousing,inresponsetotheirownparticularenvironments,socialconditionsandlevelofeconomicdevelopment.Generally,theHanpeopletakericeandnoodlesastheirstaplediet(peopleinthesouthpreferricewhileth
