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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Image 01 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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Image 02 Tang Dynasty representation of the Buddha. |
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Image 03 Tapestry depicting life in Buddha's celestial state. |
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Image 04 The Buddha. |
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Image 05 The Quran written in Arabic script, with Chinese translations. |
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Image 06 One of the Fubo Cave Statue at an angle. Guilin, Guangxi. |
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Image 07 The Fubo Cave Statues. Guilin, Guangxi. |
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Image 08 Giant Buddha. Wuxi, Jiangsu. |
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Image 09 The ancient Daoist idea of yin/yang- a
harmonious whole made up of two complementary opposing forces- represented in this Ming dynasty ink slab. |
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Image 10 Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. |
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Image 11 Buddhist statue/ shrine. |
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Image 12 Hindu warrior. |
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Image 13 Buddhist statue. |
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