Religion in China is indefinable. As to a 'National Religion', there is none. Just recently, the government has begun to relax harsh regulations on religion which had originated during the Cultural Revolution.

The China of today has a great deal of religious tolerance, but is still a long way from religious freedom.

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The Naga symbolizes the Buddha who is intimately associated with the life of the Enlightened One. The Buddha is also called Buddha Naga in literature.

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Tang Dynasty representation of the Buddha.

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Tapestry depicting life in Buddha's celestial state.

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The Buddha.

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The Quran written in Arabic script, with Chinese translations.

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One of the Fubo Cave Statue at an angle. Guilin, Guangxi.

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The Fubo Cave Statues. Guilin, Guangxi.

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Giant Buddha. Wuxi, Jiangsu.

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The ancient Daoist idea of yin/yang- a harmonious whole made up of two complementary opposing forces- represented in this Ming dynasty ink slab.
Eight Trigrams- 8 groups of broken lines, which formed the basis of ancient divination practices, surround the yin/yang symbol.

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Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
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Buddhist statue/ shrine.

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Hindu warrior.

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Buddhist statue.

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